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14. Tissue nematodes Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 tissue nematodes that we saw?

A
  • Onchocerca volvulus
  • Dracunculus medinensis
  • Wucheria bancrofti
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what is the common name for the disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus?

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River blindness

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what is the common name for Dracunculus medinensis?

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Guinea worm

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what is the common name for the disease caused by Wuchereria bancrofti?

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Elephantiasis

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5
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what is required for the Onchocerca volvulus life cycle?

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  • humans

- black flies

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what is required for the Dracunculus medinensis life cycle?

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  • humans

- Cyclops (an aquatic invertibrate)

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how do humans aquire Onchocerca volvulus?

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via fly bite

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how do humans acquire Dracunculus volvulus?

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ingestion of water containing Cyclops

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9
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which are the tissue nematodes that are transmitted by arthropods?

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  • Wuchereria bancrofti (Elephantiasis)

- Onchocerca volvulus (River blindness)

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10
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which are the tissue nematodes that are transmitted by copepods?

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  • Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm disease)
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11
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what are the three parasites that can cause lymphatic filariasis?

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the three filarial worms:

  • Wuchereria bancrofti
  • Brugia malayi
  • Brugia timori
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12
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what us caused by chronic infection by a filarial worm?

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elephatiasis

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what is the vector for Wuchereria bancrofti?

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mosquito, most of which feed at night

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what is the preference of mosquito vectors?

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they prefer human blood

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what is special about the nocturnal microfilariae?

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they appear in the peripheral circulation at night (so that they can be easily picked up by mosquitos)

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16
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which are the “threadlike” nematodes

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Wuchereria

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17
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where are Wuchereria nematodes located?

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in the lumen of lymphatic vessels

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18
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what is the name of Wuchereria larvae?

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microfilariae

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what is oviviparous and which parasite uses this reproductive strategy?

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  • mode of reproduction in which embryos develop inside eggs that are retained within the mother’s body until they are ready to hatch
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how many microfilariae can be release by the female in a day?

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10,000

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where do the worms most commonly live in the body?

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in the lymphatics of the lower and upper extremities and in male genitalia

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what are microfilariae encased in?

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a sheath of chitin - which is possibly a remnant of an eggshell

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when and where do the microfilariae migrate in the body?

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from the lymphatic circulation to the blood circulation and are typically present in large numbers between 10pm and 6am

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where can the microfilariae be found in the day?

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in the capillaries of the lungs

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25
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how long do microfilariae live?

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1.5 years

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26
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how are microfilariae transmitted?

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  • by mosquito bite, they penetrate the mosquitoes stomach wall and locate the thoracic flight muscles
  • when infectious, they locate to the mosquito biting mouth parts are are deposited on the skin NEXT to the wound
27
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how many molts do microfilariae have?

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2 molts

28
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what is the infective stage of the microfilariae?

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L3

29
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how long can the adults live in the host?

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5-8 years, infections lasting 40y have been reported

30
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do all patients with chronic exposure to infective larvae develop over clinical disease?

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no

31
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what are the three phases of wuchereria infection in the clinical disease?

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  • asymptomatic phase
  • inflammatory (acute) phase
  • obstructive (chronic) phase
32
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what is the asymptomatic phase

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high microfilariae infection where individuals show no symptoms of being infected

33
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what is the inflammatory (acute) phase

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  • the antigens from the female adult worms elicit inflammatory responses
  • worms in the ;ymph channels disrupt the flow of the lymph
  • the individual will exhibit fever, chills, skin infections, painful lymph nodes and tender skin of the extremity
  • symptoms often lessen after 5-7 days
34
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what is the obstructive (chronic) phase

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  • marked by elephantiasis
  • lymphatic dysfunction causing lymphedema and elephantiasis and scrotal elephantiasis
  • scar formation on the affected areas
  • thickening of the skin
35
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how is Wuchereria infection diagnosed?

A
  • blood smear, provided that the sample is taken at the time in the day where microfilariae can be found
  • PCR for filarial DNA
36
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what is the disease associated with Oncocerca volvolus?

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Oncocerciasis (river blindness)

37
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what are the four parasites that cause subcutaneous filariasis?

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  • Oncocerca volvulus
  • Dracunculus medinensis (the Guinea worm)
  • Loa loa (the African eye worm)
  • Mansonella streptocerca
38
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which parasite does not have any reservoir hosts?

A

Oncocerca

39
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what is the vector for Oncocerca?

A

various species of blackfly

40
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what do blackflies AND mosquitos require to mature their eggs?

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bloodmeal

41
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where do the larvae of the blackflies live?

A

in fast-flowing streams and rivers

42
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River blindness is the ______ leading cause of blindness in the developing world

A

fourth

43
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__________ has reduced onchocerciasis incidence and prevalence by more than 90% in certain regions

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Ivermectin program

44
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which nematodes lie intertwined within each other in subcutaneous fibrous nodules

A

Oncocerca

45
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where are Oncocerca micrfilariae produced?

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in the subcutaneous fibrous nodules

46
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what is a main consideration with treatment of Oncocerca microfilariae?

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the dead microfilariae induce inflammatory reactions

47
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what are the clinical features of oncocerciasis?

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  • dermatitis
  • eye lesions
  • oncocercomas
48
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what causes the lesions seen in oncocerciasis?

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as a consequence of cell mediated immunity

49
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what is keratitis?

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results from the accumulation of punctate opacities in the cornea arising from immunopathologic damage to microfilariae in the eye

50
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how is Oncocerca diagnosed?

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  • examination of a piece of skin

- serological tests that measure IgG antibodies for onchocerciasis are sensitive but the specific is poor

51
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what is the drug of choice for Oncocerca

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Ivermectin

52
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what disease do Drancunculus medinensis cause?

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Guinea worm disease

53
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what is guinea worm disease

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a disease unique to humans, can be eradicated by providing safe water supply (prevents D. medinensis from completing its life cycle)

54
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where can Dracunculus adult worms be found?

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they dwell primarily in the subcutaneous tissues, usually in the lower extremeties

55
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what do both sexes of Dracuncula have in common?

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they both have acutely curved tails, to anchor to tissues

56
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does the female drancunculus release larvae or eggs?

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the female releases motile larvae

57
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what happens to Dracunculus larvae after they are released by the female?

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they are ingested by copepods and develop into L3

58
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what is the infective stage of Dracunculus

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L3

59
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what is the path of Dracunculus in the infected human?

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they are ingested, and the larvae are released where they penetrate the wall of the intestine. larvae migrate in the connective tissue and molt twice before adult

60
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where do gravid females migrate?

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through subcutaneous tissues into the extremities, causing ulcers that burst when coming in contact with water

61
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what is the pathology of Dracunculus infection?

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  • multiple cutaneous blisters and ulcers
  • allergic rxn in advance of rupture
  • substantial disability
  • secondary bacterial infections! (tetanus, gangrene, and death)
62
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how are the worms removed in a Drancunculus infection?

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a person will wind the worm on a think stick until it is completely extracted - carefully in order to not break the worm

63
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give 4 reasons why Dracunculus infection has successful eradication efforts.

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  • no human carrier state beyond the 1-year incubation period
  • Transmission is seasonal
  • cases are easily detected
  • methods for controlling are relatively simple (water purification)

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