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Parasitology - Flashcards

1
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Known as roundworms

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Nematodes

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2
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Known as flukes

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Trematodes

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3
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Known as tapeworms

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Cestodes

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4
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What are the two (2) types of helminths/worm parasites that are considered as “flatworms”?

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Trematodes and Cestodes

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5
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With leaf-like bodies

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Trematodes/flukes

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6
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With flat & segmented bodies

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Cestodes/tapeworms

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7
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What are the types of trematodes?

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Blood Flukes
Intestinal Flukes
Lung Flukes
Liver/Hepatic Flukes

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8
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Largest intestinal nematode

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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9
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Smallest intestinal nematode

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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10
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Eelworm

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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11
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Threadworm

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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12
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E. vermicularis is also known as?

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Pinworm
Seatworm

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13
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Pinworm/Seatworm

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Enterobius vermicularis

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14
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Whipworm

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Trichuris trichiura

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15
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Trichinella spiralis is also known as?

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Pork muscle roundworm
Trichina worm

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16
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Pork muscle roundworm

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Trichinella spiralis

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17
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Pudoc worm

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Capillaria philippinensis

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18
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Zoonotic nematodes

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Toxocara cati
Toxocara canis
Ancylostoma braziliense
Ancylostoma canicum

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19
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Ascaris of cats

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Toxocara cati

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20
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Ascaris of dogs

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Toxocara canis

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21
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Ancylostoma braziliense

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Cat hookworm

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22
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Ancylostoma caninum

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Dog hookworm

23
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Ancylostoma duodenale

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Old world hookworm

24
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Necator americanus

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New world hookworm

25
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Eye worm

25
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What spp. causes blindness

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Onchocerca volvulus (O. volvulus)

26
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What are the filarial worms?

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Wuchereria bancrofti
Loa loa
Brugia malayi
O. volvulus
M. ozzardi
M. perstans

27
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Malayan filaria

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Brugia malayi

28
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Ozzard’s filaria

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M. ozzardi

29
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Wuchereria bancrofti is also known as?

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Bancroft’s filarial

30
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Herring worm
Codworm
Seal worm

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Anisakis spp.

31
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Guinea worm

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Dracunculus medinenis

32
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Serpent worm / dragon worm

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Dracunculus medinenis

32
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Persistent filaria

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M. perstans

33
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Dog Heart worm

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Dirofilaria immitis

33
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis

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Rat lung worm

33
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Lung fluke

A

Paragonimus westermani

33
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What does “M.” in M. perstans and M. ozzardi mean?

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Mansonella

34
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Blood flukes

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Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma haematobium

34
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Intestinal flukes

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Fasciolopsis buski
Echinostoma ilocanum
Heterophyes heterophyes
Metagonimus yokogawai

34
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Garrison’s fluke

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E. ilocanum

34
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Deadliest trematode

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Heterophyes heterophyes

35
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Giant intestinal fluke

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Fasciolopsis buski

36
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Liver/hepatic flukes

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Fasciola hepatica
Clonorchis sinensis
Opistorchis felineus

37
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False tapeworm

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Diphyllobothrium latum

38
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Unarmed tapeworm

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Taenia saginata

38
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Pork tapeworm

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Taenia solium

39
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Deadliest cestode

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Hymenolepis nana

40
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Rat tapeworm

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Hymenolepis diminuta

41
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Dog tapeworm

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Dipylidium caninum

42
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Hydatid worm

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Echinococcus granulosus

43
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Oriental liver fluke

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Chlonorchis sinensis

44
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Cat liver fluke

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Opistorchis felineus

45
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Sheep liver fluke

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Fasciola hepatica

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