Cardio-respiratory Module Student

Guide

Medical Parasitology department

Cardio-respiratory Module
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Student Guide
2021-2022

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Identify these figures and answer the attached questions:

Egg of Ascaris lumbrcoides Adult stage of Ascaris

lumbrcoides
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What is the infective stage of this parasite?

embryonated egg with second stage of rhabditiform larva

How could this parasite be transmitted to man?

“Mode of infection” Man is infected by ingestion of embryonated eggs with green veget

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(Strongiform stercoralis adult female)

What is the mode of infection?

filariform larvae(filariform esophagus sheath, notched tail)they penetrate
the skin or the mucous membrane to reach venous circulation

A egg of hookworm 
B  rhabditiform larva of Strongyloides stercoralis 
C eggs of Taenia species. 

What is the definitive host of this parasite?

humans

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Egg of Ascaris lumbrcoides Adult stage of Ascaris

Adult male of ancycstoma

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… House dust mites

Dermatophagoides pteronys male

What is the disease caused by this parasite?

… ➢bronchial asthma(especially in childern)
➢Allergic rhinitis( perennial rhinitis)
➢Allergic conjunctivitis
➢dermatitis

Egg of toxocara

What is the mode of infection of this parasite?

➢Bodies of living or dead mites and their excreta are potent allergic which
stimulate humoral immunity

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Egg of hookworm wworm………………….. How can this parasite be transmitted to

➢Invasion of the skin or mucous membrane by in

filariform larva of ancylostoma duodenale…

What is the habitat of the adult of this parasitic stage?
adult worms live in the small intestine of man.

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Amoebic lung abscess Entamoeba histolytica

abscaaba………… tica
………. histolytica………
What is the infective stage and mode of infection of this parasite?
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(mature E. h cyst) that contain 4 nuclei (infective stage).

What are the complications of such disease?

Intraperitoneal, intrathoracic, or intrapericardial rupture, with or without secondary bacterial
infection. Direct extension to pleura or pericardium. Dissemination and formation of brain
abscess

Good Luck

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