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14 Cards in this Set
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Cestodes
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Tapeworms; are hermaphrodites – head (scolex), a neck, and body segments called proglottids
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Beef worm
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Taenia saginata
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Pork worm
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Taenia solium
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an infection which results from the ingestion of the eggs of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium
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Cysticercosis
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Diphyllobothrium latum
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Fish tapeworm - infection associated with eating raw fish, B12 deficiency, anemia
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Echinococcus spp.
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get from dogs (sheep dog); associated with hydatid cyst disease – watch out for bursting these cysts as you can cause anaphylaxis
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Trichuris trichiura
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(the Whipworm)- rectal prolapse - eggs must mature in the soil before infectious
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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Largest of the intestinal nematode; larvae migrate through lungs thus you can have asthma like symptoms
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Ancylostoma and Necator
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(Hookworms) - ground itch - attach in gut and suck blood - thus can develop anemia
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Strongyloids stercoralis
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can live outside the human host - can cause hyperinfection in immunocompromised
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Enterobius vermicularis
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(the Pinworm) - think with a child with itch butt - most common worm infection in North America
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caused by Toxocara spp
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Visceral larva migrans; intestinal nematode of cats and dogs, humans accidently ingest eggs, symptoms depend on migration and number of larvae
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caused by dog and cat hookworms; infective larvae penetrate skin
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Cutaneous larva migrans
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Trichinella spiralis
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uncooked pork; worms like to live in muscle tissue; periorbital edema, muscle weakness
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