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1
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Classification of the helminths by morphology?

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Flatworms: flukes and tapeworms; roundworms

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What are the most characteristic properties of the flukes (3 example)?

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they are short, flat, leaf shaped, hermaphrodites, do developed digestive system

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What is the most common intermediate host of the flukes?

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water snail

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What is the causative agent of fascioliasis?

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Fasciola hepatica

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What is the treatment of fascioliasis?

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bithionol or triclabendazole

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6
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What is the causative agent of the lung fluke disease?

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Paragonimus westermani

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What are the symptoms of paragonimiasis?

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night sweats, fever, bloody sputum, chest pain, pleuritis, bronchopneumonia

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What is the treatment of paragonimiasis?

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praziquantel or bithionol

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What are the blood flukes?

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Schistosoma mansoni, S. japonicum, S. haematobium

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Which flukes can live in the intestinal venules?

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Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum

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Which fluke can live in the bladder venules?

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Schistosoma haematobium

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12
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What is the treatment of schstosomiasis?

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praziquantel

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13
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What is the intermediate host of Taenia saginata?

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cattle

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What is the intermediate host of Taenia solium?

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pig

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What kind of human diseases cab be caused by Taenia solium? (2 example)

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tape worm infection and, cysticercus cellulosae

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What is the treatment of taeniasis?

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Niclosamide, mebendazole

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17
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What is the causative agent of fish tapeworm disease?

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Diphyllobothrium latum

18
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What is the treatment of diphyllobothriasis?

A

Niclosamide

19
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Which vitamin deficiency can cause by Diphyllobothrium latum?

A

The lack of B12 vitamin

20
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How can Hymenolepis nana infection treated?

A

Niclosamide

21
Q

Which helminths can develop hydatid cysts?

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Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis

22
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How can the hydatid cysts treated?

A

By albendazole or surgical removing

23
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Which helminth can cause itchiness in anus?

A

Enterobius vermicularis

24
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How can be treated the infection caused by Enterobius vermicularis?

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By mebendazole

25
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How can be diagnosed the infection caused by Enterobius vermicularis?

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by sticky tape or Scotch tape

26
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Which helminth can cause diarrhoea by prolapses of rectum?

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Trichuris trichiura

27
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Which helminth can cause protein deficiency (Kwashiorkor syndrome)?

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Ascaris lumbricoides

28
Q

Which helminths can suck blood?

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Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus

29
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What is the treatment of the infection caused by Ancylostoma and Necator?

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mebendazole, albendazole

30
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Which helminth can cause paralytic ileus?

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Strongyloides stercoralis

31
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What kind of human disease can be caused by Toxocara canis?

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visceral larva migrans and ocular larva migrans syndrome

32
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What kind of specimen can be used to diagnose the Toxocara infection?

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Blood for serology

33
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What kind of helminthic infection can spread from carnivore animals to humans?

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Trichinella spiralis

34
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What is the diagnosis of trichinellosis?

A

Serology from blood

35
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What is the treatment of the Trichinella infection?

A

mebendazole, albendazole and can acts only on intestinal helminths

36
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What is the causative agent of lymphatic filariasis, elephantiasis?

A

Wuchereria bancrofti

37
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How can elephantiasis spread?

A

By mosquito bite

38
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What is the treatment of filariasis?

A

diethylcarbamazin

39
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Which helminth can appear in subconjunctival region?

A

Loa-loa

40
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Which helminth can cause river blindness and elephant skin?

A

Onchocerca volvulus

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