Worms

Question 1

cestodes, flatworms, long skinny

Answer 1

tapeworms

Question 2

termatodes, flat ovoid body

Answer 2

flukes

Question 3

nematodes, cylindrical, unsegmented

Answer 3

roundworms

Question 4

tapeworm:

body

Answer 4

proglottids - egg generating segment

Question 5

tapeworm:
dwarf
vector - mouth
diarrhea

Answer 5

Hymenolepis nana

Question 6

tapeworm:
beef
vector - uncooked beef

Answer 6

Taenia saginata

Question 7

tapeworm:
pork
vector - uncooked pork 
cysticerosis 
larvae containing cysts in liver, eye, brain

Answer 7

Taenia solium

Question 8

tapeworm:
fish 
vector - mouth, contaminated sushi
may cause pernicious anemia (b12 def)
yellow fin tuna most common

Answer 8

Diphyllobothrium latum

Question 9

tapeworm:
dog
vector - canine feces
hydatid cysts in liver and lung

Answer 9

Echinococcus granulosus

Question 10

flukes:
blood
vector - infested waters, penetrates unbroken skin, host is snail
swimmer’s itch, m/c death by a helminth worldwide
inhabits liver

Answer 10

Shistosoma japonicum

Question 11

flukes:
intestinal
vector - aquatic plants
contaminated snail feces gets into plants

Answer 11

Fasciolopsis buski

Question 12

flukes:
liver
vector - raw contaminated fish

Answer 12

Clonorchis sinensis

Question 13

flukes:
liver
vector - contaminated aquatic plants
hemoptysis

Answer 13

Fasciolopsis hepatica

Question 14

flukes:
pulmonary
vector - crayfish, mouth

Answer 14

Paragonimus westermani

Question 15

roundworms:
ascariasis 
vector - oral fecal 
colicky pain, lives in small intestine 
m/c round worm

Answer 15

Ascais lumbricoides

Question 16

roundworms:
Filiariasis
vector - mosquitoes
elephantitis, lymphatic blockage

Answer 16

Wuchereria bancrofti

Question 17

roundworms:
hookworm
vector - fecal contaminated soil
wear shoes to prevent
m/c hookworms in US

Answer 17

Necator americanus aka Ancylostoma duodenale

Question 18

roundworms:
pinworm (threadworm)
vector - anus finger mouth
scotch tape or anal cellophane test 
nocturnal anal itching 
m/c helminth in US

Answer 18

Enterobius vermicularis

Question 19

roundworms:
river blindness
vector - flies
in africa

Answer 19

Onchocerca volvulus

Question 20

roundworms:
river eye worm
vector - flies
aka african eyeworm

Answer 20

Loa Loa

Question 21

roundworms:
trichinosis 
vector - raw pork 
lives in striated musc, intercostals, diaphragm
diagnose on x-ray/biopsy

Answer 21

Trichonella spiralis

Question 22

roundworms:
whipworm
vector - oral fecal
weight loss

Answer 22

Trichuris trichura