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Trematodes (flukes)

A 
Schistosoma
Paragonimus
Clonorchis sinensis
Fasciola hepatica
Fasciolopsis buski
Heterophyes
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Nematodes (round worms)

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Ascaris
Necator
Ancylostoma
Trichiuris
Enterobius
Strongyloides
Capillaria
Wuchereria and Brugia
Trichinella
Onchocerca volvulus
Loa loa
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Giant roundworm

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Ascaris

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Hookworm

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Necator

Ancylostoma

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Whipworm

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Trichuris

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Pinworm; seatworm

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Enterobius

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Threadworm

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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Pudoc worm

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Capillaria

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Taenia spp with rostellum

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T. solium

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Worms in vitreous humor

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T. solium

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Dog tapeworm

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Echinococcus granulosus

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Smallest tapeworm

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Echinococcus granulosus

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Multiloculated cysts (honeycomb vesicles)

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Echinococcus multilocularis

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Dwarf tapeworm

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Hymenolepsis nana

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Tapeworm with polar filaments and 6-hooked larva

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Hymenolepsis nana

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Rat tapeworm

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Hymenolepsis diminuta

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MC tapeworm of dogs and cats; barrel-shaped proglottids

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Dipylidium caninum

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Oriental blood fluke

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S. japonicum

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Intermediate host of S. japonicum

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Snail: Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi

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Dx test for S. japonicum

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Kato-Katz 
Circumoval test (ovoid egg with small hook)
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Spectrum of acute disease caused by S. japonicum

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Swimmer’s itch

Katayama fever

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Lung fluke

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P. werstermanii

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Intermediate host of P. werstermanii

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Snail: Antemelania asperata

Mountain crab: Sundathelphusa philippina

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Dx test for P. westermanii

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3% NaOH preparation

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CXR: ring-shadow opacity

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P. westermanii

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Asian liver flukes

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Clonorchis sinensis

Opistorchis viverrini

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Intermediate hosts of asian liver flukes

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Snail (Parafossarulus)

Fish (Cyprinidae)

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Potassium permanganate stain shows melon-like ridges

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Asian liver flukes

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Ca associated with Clonorchis

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Cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumor)

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Sheep liver fluke

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Fasciola hepatica

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Disease caused by Fasciola hepatica

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Halzoun (obstructive jaundice and painful pharyngitis)

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Causes worm intoxication

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Fasciolopsis buski

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Mimics PUD

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Heterophyes heterophyes

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Tissue nematodes

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Wuchereria and Brugia

Trichinella

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Mongol pencil-like worm

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Ascaris

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Type of anemia caused by hookworms

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Microcytic hypochromic anemia

37
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Causes cutaneous larva migrans

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Hookworms

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Worms with lung migration phase (Loeffler’s syndrome)

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Ascaris
Necator
Ancylostoma
Strongyloides

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Kato-katz shows barrel-shaped eggs with bipolar plugs

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Trichuris

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Chinese lantern-shaped/ football-shaped worm

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Trichuris

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Causes rectal prolapse

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Trichuris

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MC STH in developed countries: a cosmopolitan worm

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Enterobius

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Dx test for Enterobius

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Graham’s scotch tape technique: D-shaped eggs

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Causes pruritus ani and appendicitis (oxyuriasis)

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Enterobius

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Dx test for Strongyloides stercoralis

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Harada mori culture

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Causes larva currens, duodenitis, paradoxical asthma, and hyperinfection syndrome

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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Only nematode which involves a migratory bird

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Capillaria

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Kato-katz technique shows peanut-shaped eggs with flattened bipolar plugs

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Capillaria

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Causes protein-losing enteropathy

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Capillaria

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Causes borborygmus

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Capillaria

51
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Mosquito vector of Brugia

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Mansonia

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Mosquito vector of Wuchereria

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Culex
Aedes
Anopheles

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Causes hydrocele

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Wuchereria

54
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Causes elephantiasis

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Brugia

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Demonstrates nocturnal periodicity

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Wuchereria

Brugia

56
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Causes nocturnal wheezing (Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia)

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Wuchereria

Brugia

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Meyers-Kouvenaar bodies is seen in?

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nocturnal wheezing (Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia)

Wuchereria
Brugia

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Causes milky urine (chyluria)

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Wuchereria

Brugia

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Intermediate hosts of Trichinella

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Pigs

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Nurse cell

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Trichinella

61
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Causes respiratory myositis (diaphragm)

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Trichinella

62
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Vector of Onchocerca

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Female blackfly (Simulium)

63
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Dermal nodules
Hanging groin
Lizard skin
River blindness

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Onchocerca

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Vector of Loa loa

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Deer fly or mango fly (Chrysops)

65
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Calabar swellings

Worm crawling across the conjunctiva

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Loaiasis

66
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Guinea fire worm

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Dracunculus medinensis

67
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Live worm in skin ulcer

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Dracunculus medinensis

68
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Dog ascaris

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Toxocara canis

69
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Ocular larva migrans

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Toxocara cani

70
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MCC of parasitic (eosinophilic) meningitis

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis

71
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Causes eosinophilic gastroenteritis; ingested in raw seafood

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Anisakis simplex

72
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Cestodes (flatworms)

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T. solium
T. saginata
D. latum
E. granulosus
E. multilocularis
Hymenolepsis nana
Dipylidium caninum

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