Eurofins Biomnis code

TRI

Synonyms

• Anti-Trichinella spiralis antibodies - IgG serology
• Trichinosis

Clinic significance

Promiscuous zoonosis due to infection with Trichinella spiralis. Diagnosis is informed by the subject's eating habits (consumption of horse meat, pork, wild boar or seal meat) and whether or not any other members of the family are affected. Infection causes fever, facial edema, myalgia and eosinophilia. Diagnosis should be confirmed by serological analysis.

Prenalytics

• 1 mL
• serum (do not use 10 mL tube)
• Refrigerated

Further information

• If equivocal or positive, the confirmation test is automatically performed.

Methodology

Enzyme-immunoassay

Turnaround time

1 week