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Also Known As	trichinellosis • trichiniasis

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notifiable disease Trichinella spiralis parasitic disease zoonotic disease foodborne illness food poisoning cholera malaria tuberculosis plague Ebola bird flu guinea worm disease anthrax typhus typhoid fever

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