Minimum Questions Helminths Flashcards
Classification of of hlminths on morphology?
Flatworms: flukes and tapeworms
Roundworms
What is the causative agent of fascioliasis?
Fasciola hepatica
Treatment of fascioliasis?
Bithionol
Triclabendazol
What us the causative agent of lung fluke disease?
Paragoniumus westermanii
What are the Symptoms of paragonimiasis?
Night sweat Fever Bloody sputum Chest pain Pleuritis Bronchopnomonia
What is the treatment of paragonimiasis?
Praziquantel
Bithionol
What are the blood flukes?
Schistosoma:
MANSONI
JAPONICUM
HAEMATOBIUM
Which flukes can live in the intertidal venues?
Schistosomia MANSONI, JAPONICUM
Which fluke can live in the bladder venules?
Schistosoma HAEMATOBIUM
What us the treatment of schistosomiasis
Praziquantel
What disease can be caused by Taenia soleium?
Tape worm infection
CYSTICERCUS CELLULOSAE
What is the treatment of taeniasis?
Niclosamide
Mebendazole
What is the causative agent of the fish tape worm disease?
Diphyllobothrium Latum
What is the treatment of diphyllobothriaisi?
Niclosamide
How can hymenolepis nana infection be treated?
Niclosamide