旋毛线虫病又称蟠虫病,是由于摄食带旋毛线虫(Trichinella spiralis)的动物生肉而感染的疾病。1828年首次于伦敦尸体中发现。十九世纪末,廿世纪初欧美各地曾广泛流行并造成死亡。我国最早在1881年于厦门猪体中发现本虫,以后陆续在东北、福建、西南地区的动物中发现,尤以西北、东北的动物检出率为高。人体旋毛线虫病在国内除西藏曾报告一例(1965年)外,尚未见其他地区报告。 Trichinella nematodes, also known as toxoplasmosis, is a disease caused by the ingestion of raw meat from animals that consume Trichinella spiralis. First discovered in 1828 in the body of London. At the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, widespread epidemic occurred in Europe and the United States and resulted in death. As early as 1881, this insect was found in Xiamen pigs in our country. Afterwards, it was found in animals in Northeast, Fujian and Southwest China successively, especially in Northwest and Northeast China. Trichinella spiralis disease in the country except Tibet once reported a case (1965), yet to see other regional reports.