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Dracunculus medinensis Flashcards

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Q

Guinea worm / Medina worm/ Serpent worm / Dragon worm and Secretes a toxin that causes blister formation discharging a milky fluid with
numerous larva

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> Dracunculus medinensis

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Give the Definitive Host of Dracunculus medinensis

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> Man

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What is the Intermediate Host of Dracunculus medinensis?

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> Cope Pods

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What is the Detection process for Dracunculus medinensis

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> Released worm after bathing (NSS) the ulcer with water - winding of larva

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Give the Life Cycle of Dracunculus medinensis

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Infected cope pads ingested by Man -> larva digested out into the
stomach and penetrates the intestinal wall -> developed into adult in the
body cavities -> adult will go to the skin and produce blisters

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