What is the difference between African and

South American trypanosomiasis clinically

African form results in sleeping

sickness (skin lesion leading to
encephalitis, cardiac complications less
common), South American form
produces Chagas disease (skin lesion
leading to meningoencephalitis,
carditis, megaosophagus, megacolon)."
 What medically important parasites
are transmitted by biting insects?
► Malaria (Anopheles mosquito),
► filariasis (Culex fatigans),
► Leishamaniasis (sandfly),
► trypanosomiasis (tsetse fly, reduviid mite)
► onchocerciasis (Simulum black fly),
► loiasis (Chrysops fly),
► babesiosis (Idoxes ticks
 What parasites are associated with
diarrhoea?
► Entamoeba spp., Giardia spp., Balantidium
spp., cestodes and roundworms."
) What is the `Scotch tape' test?
►A piece of sellotape is placed on the anal
margin overnight so that pinworm eggs will
be deposited on it. These can then be
visualised in the morning."
 What is the cardinal clinical feature
of amoebic dysentery
► Bloody diarrhoea."