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BLOOD AND TISSUE NEMATODES (FILARIAE) Flashcards

1
Q

ARTHROPOD VECTOR

Mosquitoes (Aedes, Culex,
Anopheles, Mansonia spp.)

A

Wuchereria bancrofti

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ARTHROPOD VECTOR
Mosquitoes (Mansonia spp.)

A

Brugia malayi

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3
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ARTHROPOD VECTOR
Deerflies/Mangoflies
(Chrysops spp.)

A

Loa loa

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4
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ARTHROPOD VECTOR
Midges (Culicoides spp.)

A

Mansonella perstans
Mansonella ozzardi
Mansonella streptocerca

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ARTHROPOD VECTOR
Blackflies (Simulium spp.)

A

Onchocerca volvulus

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HABITAT is Lower lymphatics

A

Wuchereria bancrofti

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HABITAT is Upper lymphatics

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Brugia malayi

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HABITAT is Subcutaneous tissues and eyes

A

Loa loa
Onchocerca volvulus

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9
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HABITAT is Body cavities

A

Mansonella perstans
Mansonella ozzardi

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HABITAT is Dermis of skin

A

Mansonella streptocerca

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DISEASE/S CAUSED
Lymphedema of the limbs,
breast, or scrotum

A

W. bancrofti

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12
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DISEASE/S CAUSED
Elephantic lesions in the
upper limbs

A

B. malayi

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DISEASE/S CAUSED
Calabar or fugitive swelling

A

Loa loa

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DISEASE/S CAUSED
Pruritic papules

A

M. streptocerca

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15
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DISEASE/S CAUSED
Onchocercoma,
river blindness

A

O. volvulus

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16
Q

Microfilaria is seen in BLOOD specimen

Microfilaria is seen in SKIN NIPS or BIOPSY

A

Blood: W. bancrofti, B. malayi, L. loa, M. perstans, M. ozzardi

SKIN NIPS / BIOPSY: M. streptocerca and O. volvulus

17
Q

Sheathed Microfilariae

A

W. bancrofti
B. malayi
L. loa

18
Q

UNSheathed Microfilariae

A

M. perstans
M. ozzardi
M. streptocerca
O. volvulus

19
Q

Nuclei do not extend to the tip of tail “BDO”

A

W. bancrofti
M. ozzarDi
O. volvulus

20
Q

Nuclei extends to the tip of tail “LPS”

A

L.loa
M. perstans
M. streptocerca “Sheperd`s crook”

21
Q

With 2 distinct terminal nuclei

A

B. malayi

22
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periodicity of between 10pm to 2am; blood is collected at NIGHT

A

Nocturnal periodic
W. bancrofti

23
Q

microfilaria found in blood duirng DAYTIME and collected between 11am to 1pm

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Diurnal periodic
L. loa

24
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microfilaria is found in blood during both DAY & NIGHT (but more prominent during NIGHT)

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Nocturnal subperiodic
B. malayi

25
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microfilaria is found in blood during day & night but NO DIFFERENCE in numbers.

A

Non periodic
M. perstans
M. ozzardi
M. streptocerca
O. volvulus

26
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Infective stage to MAN

A

L3 (3rd stage larva) by arthropods

27
Q

Diagnostic stage

A

microfilaria

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