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ALTHOUGH the life-history of Trichinella spiralis has been known for nearly a century, we are still very ignorant of the epidemiology of trichinosis in man—a gap in our knowledge which remained unsuspected until Hall1 discovered the frequent occurrence of sub-clinical human infestation in the United States. A repetition of Hall's work more recently carried out in Great Britain by Van Someren2 and later by Miss M. Young3 has revealed that a similarly high incidence of infection is to be found here. Interest in the epidemiology of the infection in Great Britain has been still further stimulated by the outbreaks of clinical trichinosis which occurred during the winter of 1940–41 at Wolverhampton, Penrith and Harpenden4,5 accentuating the urgency for the discovery of the origin of infection.
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TAYLOR, E. A Search for Endemic Areas of Trichinosis in Great Britain. Nature 153, 745–746 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153745b0
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