NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES Flashcards
The location of the Philippines’ leper colony
Culion, Palawan
Cutaneous larva migrans
(hookworm infection)
Anacyclostoma duedenale
(infectious agent)
Leprosy
(infection)
Myobacterium leprae
(infectious agent)
Ascariasis
(infection)
Ascaris lumbricoides
(infectious agent)
Paragonimiasis
(infection)
Paragonimus spp.
(infectious agent)
Opisthorchiasis
(infection)
Opisthorchis viverinni
Opisthorchis felineus
Trichuriasis
(infection)
Trichuris trichiura “whipworm”
(infectious agent)
Fascioliasis
(infection)
Fasciola hepatica
Fasciola gigantica
(infectious agent)
A group of parasitic infections caused by trematodes or flatworms/flukes
Foodborne Trematodiases
known as hookworm
Necator americanus
“infectious agent”
Clonorchiasis
(infection)
Clonorchis sinensis
(infectious agent)
Schistosomiasis
(infection)
Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma haematobium
(infectious agent)
Lymphatic filariasis
(infection)
Wuchereria bancrofti
Brugia malayi
Brugia timori
(infectious agent)
