Trematodes

Question 1

Paragonimus kellicotti
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 1

“lung fluke”
dog,cat, human; IH1: snail, IH2: crayfish
lungs
ZOONOTIC; “kid cuti has good lungs for singing”
“kid cuti’s songs are cray”

Question 2

Nanophyetus salmincola
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 2

“salmon poisoning fluke”
dogs, humans; IH1: snail, IH2: fish
SI
fluke is non-path, vector for Rickettsia (–> Tx with Tetracycline)

Question 3

Alaria spp.
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 3

Intestinal fluke
cat, dog, fox, mink; IH1: snails, IH2: tadpoles
PH: frogs, snakes, rodents, birds, HUMANS
adult in SI, larvae in lungs
Non-path, ZOONOTIC
"Aladin's carpet is flat like a fluke"
"Aladin is a tad-polish"
"Aladin sings songs with lungs"
"sanke and bird in the movie"
"aladin is a human"

Question 4

Platynosomum fastosum
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 4

Lizard poisoning fluke
FH: CAT, IH1: snail, IH2: crustacean
OBLIGATE PH: lizard
larvae in bile ducts
liver issues, endemic on SKB

Question 5

Fasciola hepatica
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 5

Liver fluke
ruminants, humans, IH1: snail, IH2: aquatic plant
bile ducts in liver
PIPE-STEM LIVER

Question 6

Fascioloides magna
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 6

Deer Fluke, Large American liver fluke
DH: WHITE TAILED DEER
dead end: cattle, bison
aberrant: sheep, goats
IH: snails
LIVER
LARGE FLUKE, larvae destroy liver

Question 7

Paramphistomum spp
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 7

Rumen fluke
cattle, sheep, goat, deer; IH: snails
larvae in duodenum –> abomasum –> rumen (adult)
adults non-path

Question 8

Dicrocoelium spp.
host?
site?
buzz words?

Answer 8

FH: sheep, goats, deer, rabbits
IH: BROWN ANT
ZOONOTIC, eggs in feces