CDB FLUKES Flashcards
Giant intestinal fluke
Fasciolopsis buski
Hen’s egg shape
Fasciolopsis buski
Ingestion of metacercaria encysted on fresh water vegetation
Fasciolopsis buski
Bamboo shoots/ water chestnuts
Fasciolopsis buski
Impairment of vitamin b12 absorption
Fasciolopsis buski
Fasciolopsis buski treatment
HEXYLRESORCINOL / TETRACHLOR / ETHLENE / PRAZIQUANTEL
Prevalent in Northern Luzon, Leyte, Samar and Mindanao
ECHINOSTOMA ILOCANUM
Oral sucker surrounded with concrete of spines
Echinostoma ilocanum
Yokogawai fluke
METAGONIMUS YOKOGAWAI
Metagonimiasis
Metagonimus yokogawai
Small, elongate, pyriform-shape, broadly rounded posteriorly and pointed anterior end
Metagonimus yokogawai
Eggs filtered in the heart muscle provokes tissue reaction
Heterophytes heterophytes
Leading cardiac failure / cardiac beriberi
Heterophytes heterophytes
Sheep liver fluke
Fasciola hepatica
Fascioliasis hepatica
Sheep liver rot
Fasciola hepatica