Diagnostic Tests for Trichinosis

Diagnostic Test list for Trichinosis: The list of diagnostic tests mentioned in various sources as used in the diagnosis of Trichinosis includes:

• Blood tests
• Serum eosinophils
• Muscle biopsy
• Microscopic examination of muscle tissue

Tests and diagnosis discussion for Trichinosis: A blood test or muscle biopsy can show if you have trichinosis. ¹

Although a doctor may suspect that a patient has trichinosis on the basis of clinical signs, it is usually diagnosed as the result of: 1) a blood test that shows an increase in the number of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell; or 2) microscopic examination of muscle tissue to look for the larvae.²

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Trichinosis: DPD
2. excerpt from Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID

Last revision: June 13, 2003

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