Helminths Flashcards
roundworm
nematod
flatworm
platyhelminths
helminth response
to dead worm and eggs
-eosinophilia
ascaris lumbricoides
southern US and tropics -consume food with eggs -mild/asymptomatic -cramping -bile ducts, gallbladder, appendix/liver -malnutrition -
hookworm
necatur americanus
necatur americanus
walk shoeless- get into foot
diarrhea, abdomen pain, weight loss
itchy rash on foot, diarrhea, abdomen pain, weight loss, iron deficient anemia
necatur americanus
hookworm
ancylostoma duodenale
same as necatur americanus
-but intestine to lung transmission
vomiting, bloating, diarrhea, anemia, weight loss, rash, coughing and wheezing
strongyloides stercolis
enterotest
swallow string and cough up
-strongyloides stercolis
autoinfection with strongyloides stercolis
penetrate intestine directly
direct cycle with strongyloides stercolis
larvae to feces
-next person to lungs
indirecy cycle with strongyloides stercolis
larvae to feces
- mate in soil
- eggs to next person
trichinella spiralis
raw pork
larvae encysted in skeletal muscle
trichinella spiralis
fever, muscle aches, increased CPK
trichinella spiralis
whipworm
trichuris trichuria
eggs in feces that look like footballs with bumps on ends
whipworm
-trichuris trichuria
abdomen pain, diarrhea
no rise in eosinophilia
pinworm
enterobius vermicularis
enterobius vermicularis
pinworm
-itchy bum
black flies
onchocerca volvulus