Hellminths

Question 1

Acute phase of schistosomoasis?

Answer 1

Katayama fever - due to schistosomes

Question 2

How is elephantiasis acquired?

Answer 2

Mosquitos

Question 3

Trichuris dysentery syndrome

Answer 3

Whipworm

Anemia, rectal prolapse, finger clubbing

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Filiaris subcutaneous (blood and tissue)

Question 5

Mansonella streptocerca

Answer 5

Subcutaneous filiaris

Question 6

Chronic phase of schistosomoasis?

Answer 6

Snail fever - due to fibrosis and egg deposition

Question 7

Worms may come out of the nose or anus

Answer 7

Ascarius

Question 8

Heavy infestation of this intestinal nematode causes anemia

Answer 8

Hookworm

Question 9

First manifestation is ground itch

Answer 9

Hookworm

Maculopapular or vesicular pruritic dermatitis

Question 10

Finger clubbing, growth stunting

Answer 10

Whipworm

Question 11

Produces mass amounts of eggs

Answer 11

Ascarius

Question 12

Onchocerca

Answer 12

River blindness (subcutaneous filiaris)

Question 13

Both male and female in the body

Answer 13

Ascarius

Question 14

Most common nematode

Answer 14

Pinworm

Question 15

Perianal skin

Answer 15

Pinworms

Question 16

Trichuriasis vs. Tricharis dysentric syndrome

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Soil transmitted nematodes

Answer 17

Acarius

Hookworm

Whipworm

Question 18

Hyperinfection symptom

Answer 18

Threadworm

Question 19

Sashimi

Answer 19

Anisakis spp

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Schistosomoasis

Question 21

Motile proglottids

Answer 21

Beef tapeworm

Question 22

The only helminth that can reproduce in the body

Answer 22

Threadworm

Question 23

Ingestion of raw crayfish

Answer 23

Lung flukes

Question 24

May clog bile duct (upper small intestine)

Answer 24

Ascarius (intestinal phase)

Question 25

Elephantiasis

Answer 25

Wucheria and Brugia

Question 26

Vitamin B12 deficiency

Answer 26

Fish tapeworm

Question 27

Undercooked bear, pork, walrus, or cougar jerky

Answer 27

Trichonella spiralis (blood and tissue nematode)

Question 28

Cysticerosis

Answer 28

Pork tapeworms causing calficied cysts

Question 29

Larva crawling in foot

Answer 29

Cutaneous larva migrans

Question 30

S. haemotobium

Answer 30

blood fluke (bladder)

Question 31

S. mansoni

Answer 31

Blood fluke (intestinal)

Question 32

Copepods

Answer 32

Guinea worm

Question 33

Very large nematode, soil transmitted

Answer 33

Ascarius

Question 34

Eosinophilia

Answer 34

Pulmonary ascariasis (intestinal nematode)

Question 35

Microfiliarae

Answer 35

Wucheria/Brugia elephantiasis (tropical pulmonary eosinophilia)

Onchocerca (river blindness)

Question 36

Only tapeworm that does not require a human host

Answer 36

Dwarf tapeworm

Question 37

Loa loa

Answer 37

African eye worm (type of subcutaneous filiaris)

Question 38

Lateral spike

Answer 38

Blood fluke

Question 39

Nocturnal pruitis

Answer 39

Pinworms

Question 40

Rectal prolapse

Answer 40

Whipworm

Question 41

Can penetrate intact skin

Answer 41

Hook and thread worm

Question 42

What type of fluke is schistosomoasis?

Answer 42

Blood fluke

Question 43

Most common cause of hemoptysis in the world

Answer 43

Lung fluke

Question 44

Blackfly transmission

Answer 44

Onchocerca river blindness

Question 45

Prohibition of pork eating

Answer 45

Trichonella spiralis

Question 47

Sometimes clogs the bile duct

Answer 47

ascarius