Trematodes (Echinostoma ilocanum) (Artefechinostomum Flashcards
True of False: The Echinostoma ilocanum has no sporocyst stage.
True. Miracidium directly forms to redia
Disease of infected person with Echinostoma ilocanum
Echinostomiasis
Common name of Echinostoma ilocanum
Garrison’s fluke
Habitat of Echinostoma ilocanum
Duodenum
Diagnostic stage of Echinostoma ilocanum
Eggs in stool
Treatment for Echinostomiasis
Praziquantel
Inflammation in Echinostomiasis is caused by:
Spines in the oral sucker
Toxemia in Echinostomiasis is caused bu
Waste products excreted in the enviroment
Common symptoms of Echinostomiasis
Blood in stool, abdominal pain, headache, slight anemia, increased EO
Testes of Echinostoma ilocanum
Tandem and deeply lobed
Ovaries of Echinostoma ilocanum
Lobed
Uterus of Echinostoma ilocanum
Coiled
Intestinal ceca of Echinostoma ilocanum
Simple/Unbranched
Oral sucker of Echinostoma ilocanum
w/ 49-51 horse shoe shaped spine AKA circum oral disk
Tegument of Echinostoma ilocanum
Plaque-like scales