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Filarial worms are under what classification? |
Spirurida |
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MOT of Filarial worms |
Arthropod borne |
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Diagnostic stage of Filarial worms |
Microfilaria |
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Infective stage of Filarial worms |
L3 |
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Common name: W. bancrofti |
Bancroft's filaria |
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Common name: B. malayi |
Malayan filaria |
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Common name: L. loa |
Eyeworm |
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Common name: O. volvulus |
Blinding filaria |
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Common name: Mansonella perstans |
Persistent filaria |
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Common name: Mansonella ozzardi |
Ozzard's filaria |
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Habitat: W. bancrofti |
Lower lymphatics |
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Habitat: B. malayi
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Upper lymphatics |
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Habitat: Subcutaneous tissue and eyes |
Loa loa, O. volvulus |
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Habitat: Body cavities even mesentery |
M. perstans, M. ozzardi |
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Arthropod vector: W. bancrofti |
Mosquitoes (Aedes, Culex, Anopheles, mansonia) |
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Arthropod vector: B. malayi |
Mosquitoes (Manosnia) |
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Arthropod vector: L. loa |
Deerflies or Mangoflies (Chrysops spp.) |
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Arthropod vector:O. volvulus |
Blackflies (Simulium spp.) |
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Arthropod vector: M. perstans |
Midges (Culicoides spp.) |
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Arthropod vector: M. ozzardi |
Midges and blackflies |
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Disease caused: W. bancrofti |
Elephantiasis, hydrocoel, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia |
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Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia is due to? |
Microfilaria in blood |
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Elephantiasis definition |
Enlargement of limbs due to obstruction of lymph channels |
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Hydrocoel definition |
enlargement of Scrotum |
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Disease caused: B. malayi |
Elephantiasis (Elephantic lesions in the upper limbs) |
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Disease caused: L. loa |
Calabar or fugitive swelling |
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Disease caused: O. volvulus |
River blindness, onchocercoma |
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Sheathed Filarial worms |
W. bancrofti, B. malayi, L. loa |
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Unsheathed filarial worms |
O. volvulus, M. perstans, M. ozzardi, M. streptocerca |
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Nuclei in the tail end: B. malayi |
2 distinct terminal nuclei |
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Nuclei do not extend to tail tip |
W. bancrofti, O. volvulus, M ozzardi |
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Nuclei extends to the tip of the tail |
L. loa, M. perstans, M streptocerca |
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Tail end characteristic: M. streptocerca |
Sheperd's crook tail or hooked tail |
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Tail end characteristic: M. ozzardi |
Slender tip |
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Periodicity: W. bancrofti |
Nocturnal (10PM-2AM), and Periodic |
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Periodicity: B. malayi |
Nocturnal, subperiodic, can also be seen in AM but peaks at night |
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Periodicity: L. loa |
Diurnal periodic (AM) |
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Periodicity: O. volvulus |
No periodicity |
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Sample for O. volvulus |
Skin snips |
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Periodicity: M. perstans, M. ozzardi |
Non-periodic or no pattern |
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Common name: T. spiralis |
Pork muscle roundworm or Trichina worm |
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Common name: D. medinensis |
Fiery Serpent, Dragon, Guinea worm |
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Common name: A. cantonensis |
Rat Lung worm |
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Common name: Dirofilaria immitis |
Dog Heart worm |
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Common name: Taenia canis |
Dog ascaris |
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Common name: Taenia cati |
Cat ascaris |
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Common name: A. brazilliense |
Cat hokwoorm |
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Common name: A. caninum |
Dog hookworm |
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Common name: Anisakis spp |
Herring worm or Fish ascaris |
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Tail end morphology of T. spiralis larva |
Spear-like burrowing tip |
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Male T. spiralis characteristic |
has copulatory alae |
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A. cantonensis adult uterus characteristic |
Barber's pole appearance |
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A. cantonensis adult male characteristic |
has kidney-shaped, caudal bursa |
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Habitat or site of infection: T. spiralis |
Adult in Small intestine, larva in skeletal muscles |
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Habitat or site of infection: D. medinensis |
subcutaneous tissue in lower extremity |
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Habitat or site of infection: A. cantonensis |
Brain |
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Habitat or site of infection: D. immitis |
Lungs |
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Habitat or site of infection: T. canis and T. catis |
Visceral organs or eyes
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Habitat or site of infection: A. braziliense or A. caninum |
Subcutaneous tissue or skin |
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Habitat or site of infection: Anisakis spp |
Stomach and Small Intestine |
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MOT: T. spiralis |
ingestion of encysted larva |
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MOT: D. medinensis |
ingestion of L3 from copepods |
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MOT: A. cantonensis |
Ingestion of L3 from mollusks or snails |
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MOT: D. imminits |
Skin inoculation of L3 by mosquitoes |
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MOT: Taenia canis and T. cati |
Ingestion of embryonated eggs |
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MOT: A. braziliense, A. canis |
Skin penetration by filariform larva |
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MOT: Anisakis spp |
Ingestion of infective larvae from fish |
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The Spurious parasite |
Anasakis spp |
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Disease caused: T. spiralis |
Trichinosis |
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Trichinosis S/S |
Allergic reaction, pain in gastrocnemius, deltoid, even diaphragm |
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Disease caused: D. medinensis |
Skin ulcers, allergy, eosinophilia |
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Disease caused: A. cantonensis |
Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis |
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Disease caused: D. immitis |
Granulomatous nodule or "coin lesion" in X-ray |
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Disease caused: T. canis and T. cati |
Visceral or ocular larva migrans which may lead to blindness |
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Disease caused: A. braziliense, A. caninum |
Cutaneous larva migrans or creeping eruption |
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Disease caused: Anisakis spp. |
Anisakiasis |
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Anisakiasis S/S |
Severe episodic diarrhea and may cause granuloma formation in intestine and malabsorption |