Nervous System- Infection & Inflammation I
Question No. 19. The Answer is: (D) Trichinella spiralis.
Discussion: Trichinella spiralis can invade individual muscle fibers and modulate them to create an intracellular environment suitable for the growth and maturation of the parasites. This process will evoke a eosinophilic inflammation. The larvae will slowly mature into cysts. CNS infection is a rare event but has been well documented.