Microbiology-helminths
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- larval nematodes below skin cause "creeping eruptions"
- Ancylostoma braziliense
- hookworm, causes iron deficiency anemia
- Ancylostoma duodenale
- most common helminth infection in the world
- Ascaris lumbricoides
- eating freshwater fish, cholangiocarcinoma
- Clonorchis sinensis
- fish tapeworm, causes b-12 deficiency (megaloblastic anemia)
- Diphyllobothrium latum
- nematode, removed from skin by twisting it around a stick, cyclops is immediate host
- Dracunculus medinensis
- large space-occupying hydatid cysts of the liver and lungs, sheep farmer disease, dog tapeworm
- Echinococcus granulosus
- pinworm, perianal itching, often children, eggs found from scoth tape use on anus
- Enterobius vermicularis
- mango fly, subcutaneous bumps that can be seen moving across the conjunctiva of the eye
- Loa loa
- river blindness, endemic to Africa, blackfly transmits
- Oncocerca volvulus
- spherical eggs with terminal spine found in urine, squamous call carcinoma of the bladder
- Schistosoma hematobium
- smallest intestinal nematode, completes life cycle in the human host
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- cestode, consumption of undercooked beef, vague abdominal pain
- Taenia saginata
- tapeworm, feces-contaminated water, swiss cheese appearance of the brain
- Taenia solium
- nematodes from cat/dog feces, visceral larva migrans, vision loss
- Toxocara canis/Toxocara cati
- flu-like symptoms, diarrhea, myalgias, and periorbital edema, aquired from consuming undercooked pork
- Trichinella spiralis
- rectal prolapse, bile-stained, barrel-shaped eggs with polar plugs
- Trichuris trichiura
- obstruction of lymph vessels resulting in edema, swelling of legs and genitalia
- Wucheria bancrofti