Hellminths Flashcards

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1
Q

Acute phase of schistosomoasis?

A

Katayama fever - due to schistosomes

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2
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How is elephantiasis acquired?

A

Mosquitos

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3
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Trichuris dysentery syndrome

A

Whipworm

Anemia, rectal prolapse, finger clubbing

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4
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Mansonella streptocerca, loa loa (African eye worm), onchocerca (river blindness), Guinea worm

A

Filiaris subcutaneous (blood and tissue)

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5
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Mansonella streptocerca

A

Subcutaneous filiaris

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6
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Chronic phase of schistosomoasis?

A

Snail fever - due to fibrosis and egg deposition

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7
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Worms may come out of the nose or anus

A

Ascarius

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8
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Heavy infestation of this intestinal nematode causes anemia

A

Hookworm

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9
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First manifestation is ground itch

A

Hookworm

Maculopapular or vesicular pruritic dermatitis

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10
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Finger clubbing, growth stunting

A

Whipworm

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11
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Produces mass amounts of eggs

A

Ascarius

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12
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Onchocerca

A

River blindness (subcutaneous filiaris)

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13
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Both male and female in the body

A

Ascarius

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14
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Most common nematode

A

Pinworm

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15
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Perianal skin

A

Pinworms

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16
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Trichuriasis vs. Tricharis dysentric syndrome

A

trichuriasis: mild, asymptomatic if non-dysenteric, blood loss in stool if dysenteric

Tricharis dysentric syndrome: anemia, blood loss in stool, rectal prolapse, growth stunting, finger clubbing

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17
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Soil transmitted nematodes

A

Acarius

Hookworm

Whipworm

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18
Q

Hyperinfection symptom

A

Threadworm

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19
Q

Sashimi

A

Anisakis spp

20
Q

What type of fluke is in a constant state of copulation?

A

Schistosomoasis

21
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Motile proglottids

A

Beef tapeworm

22
Q

The only helminth that can reproduce in the body

A

Threadworm

23
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Ingestion of raw crayfish

A

Lung flukes

24
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May clog bile duct (upper small intestine)

A

Ascarius (intestinal phase)

25
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Elephantiasis

A

Wucheria and Brugia

26
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Vitamin B12 deficiency

A

Fish tapeworm

27
Q

Undercooked bear, pork, walrus, or cougar jerky

A

Trichonella spiralis (blood and tissue nematode)

28
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Cysticerosis

A

Pork tapeworms causing calficied cysts

29
Q

Larva crawling in foot

A

Cutaneous larva migrans

30
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S. haemotobium

A

blood fluke (bladder)

31
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S. mansoni

A

Blood fluke (intestinal)

32
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Copepods

A

Guinea worm

33
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Very large nematode, soil transmitted

A

Ascarius

34
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Eosinophilia

A

Pulmonary ascariasis (intestinal nematode)

35
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Microfiliarae

A

Wucheria/Brugia elephantiasis (tropical pulmonary eosinophilia)

Onchocerca (river blindness)

36
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Only tapeworm that does not require a human host

A

Dwarf tapeworm

37
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Loa loa

A

African eye worm (type of subcutaneous filiaris)

38
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Lateral spike

A

Blood fluke

39
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Nocturnal pruitis

A

Pinworms

40
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Rectal prolapse

A

Whipworm

41
Q

Can penetrate intact skin

A

Hook and thread worm

42
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What type of fluke is schistosomoasis?

A

Blood fluke

43
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Most common cause of hemoptysis in the world

A

Lung fluke

44
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Blackfly transmission

A

Onchocerca river blindness

45
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Prohibition of pork eating

A

Trichonella spiralis

46
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47
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Sometimes clogs the bile duct

A

ascarius