TREMATODES - LABORATORY Flashcards
Class of Trematodes
Trematoda
Kinds of Trematodes
- Intestinal
- Liver
- Pancreatic
- Lung
- Blood
Order of Trematodes
Digenea
Unique Characteristics of Schistosomes
- Cylindrical
- Dioecious
- Not operculated
- Only requires 1 intermediate host
T/F
1ST IH: Always a snail
2ND IH: Crabs, Fish, Ants, Water Plants
True
Mode of Transmission of Most Trematodes
Oral Ingestion
Mode of Transmission of Schistosomes
Skin Penetration
Infective stage of most Trematodes
Metacercariae
Infective stage of Schistosomes
Cercariae
Which parasite has 3 suckers, the gonotyl
Heterophyes heterophyes
What are the Liver Flukes
- Fasciola hepatica
- Fasciola gigantica
- Clonorchis sinensis
- Opistorchis filineus
- Opistorchis viverrini
- Dicrocoelium dendriticum
What are the Pancreatic Flukes
- Eurytrema pancreaticum
What are the Intestinal Flukes
- Fascioplosis buski
- Echinostoma ilocanum
- Heterophyes heterophyes
What are the blood fluke
- Schistosoma japonicum
- Schistosoma mansoni
- Schistosoma haematobium
What are the lung fluke
- Paragonimus westermani
1st IH of Fasciola Hepatica
SNAIL
* Lymnae truncatula
* Lymnae bulmoides
* Lymnae tomentosa
* Lymnae philippinensis
* L. auricularia rubiginosa
2nd IH of Fasciola
- Ipomea obscura
- Nasturtium officinale
Common name of Fasciola hepatica
Sheep Liver Fluke
Common name of Fasciola gigantica
Tropical Liver Fluke
Difference of Fasciola gigantica with Fasciola
- Adult worm is longer
- Less developed shoulders
- Shorter cephalic cone
First intermediate host of Fasciola gigantica
- L. auricularia
- L. acuminata
- L. natalensis
Diagnosis of Fasciola
- Patient history
- Serological and coprological methods
- ELISA & Western Blot
- Identification of eggs in stool, duodenal contents, bile
- Radiological examinations: Sonography, CT, ERCP
Common name of Clonorchis sinensis
Chinese Liver Fluke