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Nematodes Flashcards

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Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)

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Food contained with eggs

Anal pruritis

Bendazoles, pyrantel pamoate

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Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm)

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Fecal-oral; eggs visible in feces under microscope

Intestinal infection

Bendazoles, pyrantel pamoate

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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Larvae in soil penetrate the skin

Intestinal infection: v/d, anemia

Ivermectin, albendazole

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Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus (hookworms)

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Larvae penetrate skin

Intestinal infection: anemia (blood sucking)

Bendazoles, pyrantel pamoate

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Drancunculus

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Drinking water

Skin inflammation and ulceration

Slow extraction of worm

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Onchocerca volvulus

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Female blackfly bite

Hyperpigmented skin, river blindness

Ivermectin

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Loa loa

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Deer fly, horse fly, mango fly

Swelling in skin, worm in conjunctiva

Diethylcarbamazine

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Wushereria bancrofti

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Female mosquito

Blocks lymph vessels, elephantiasis (delay: 9mo-1yr for symptoms)

Diethylcarbamazine

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Toxocara canis

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Food contamined with eggs

Visceral larva migrans

Albendazole or mebendazole

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