Micro - Worms Flashcards

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How do worms cause damage to the human body

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Worms do NOT tend to replicate within hosts
Damage is either:
- Slow: worm, or it progeny, attempts to escape
- Rapid: tissue damage as humans are not the natural host

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What are the types of helminth

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Cestodes (tapeworms): Hydatid, Pork/beef/fish tape worm
Trematodes (flukes): Lung, liver, intestinal, Blood (Schistosoma) – Schistosomiasis
Nematodes (roundworms): Hookworms, Ascarids, Strongyloides

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