Parasitology Important People

Question 1

described “fiery serpents” which is most likely the Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm)

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Bible

Question 2

• contains the first written records of intestinal worms by the discovery of calcified helminth eggs
• aat swelling - nature of infection with Dracunculus medinensis
• gave detailed description of aaa (Hookworm infection)

Answer 2

Ebers Papyrus

Question 3

described worms from fishes, domesticated animals, and humans

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Hippocrates

Question 4

were familiar with Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, and tapeworms belonging to genus Taenia

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Celsus & Galen

Question 5

clearly described Ascaris, Enterobius, and tapeworms; gave good clinical descriptions of their respective infections

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Aegineta

Question 6

Arabic physician who recognized the guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis)

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Avicenna

Question 7

• “Father of Taxonomy”
• described and names 6 helminth worms (3 nematodes, 1 trematode, 2 cestodes)

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Linnaeus

Question 8

discovered Giardia lamblia (flagellate), the first parasitic protozoan in humans

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Leeuwenhoek

Question 9

discovered Entamoeba hystolytica, the causative agent of amoebiasis

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Losch/Lesh

Question 10

identified Trypanosoma brucei gambiense = chronic sleeping sickness

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Dutton

Question 11

identified Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense = acute sleeping sickness

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Stephens & Fantham

Question 12

discovered that malaria is caused by protozoans known as the Plasmodium species

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Laveran

Question 13

discovered that mosquitoes can transmit malaria to birds
* establish mosquitoes (Female Anopheles) as vectors
* contributed significantly to the study of the life cycle of Plasmodium spp.

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Ross

Question 14

gave the first detailed anatomy of A. lumbricoides

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Tyson

Question 15

gave another detailed description of A. lumbricoides

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Redi

Question 16

their publications marked the beginnings of the subdiscipline of helminthology

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Tyson & Redi

Question 17

demonstrated that ingestion of eggs of A. lumbricoides as correct mode of transmission

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Davaine

Question 18

validated Davaine’s work; infected himself with eggs of A. lumbricoides & subsequently found eggs in his feces

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Grassi

Question 19

• discovered the life cycle of A. lumbricoides including the migration of larval stages around the body
• infected a volunteer and himself - found large numbers of larvae in his sputum

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Koino

Question 20

around what century did scientists use the term “Egyptian chlorosis” to describe the greenish pallor associated with Hookworm infection

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19th century

Question 21

found hookworms in a human patient

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Dubini

Question 22

established the association of hookworm infection and anemia, greenish yellow pallor and laziness

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Griesinger

Question 23

established the real connection between pallor and Hookworm infection while investigating the diseases of miners in the St. Gothard tunnel

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Perroncito

Question 24

• “Hookworm & Strongyloides stercoralis larvae enter the body by boring through the skin”
• accidentally infected himself with the hookworm larvae
• deliberately places S. stercoralis on his skin; found larvae in his feces

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Looss

Question 25

discovered T. spiralis worm in humans

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Paget

Question 26

discovery of the adult worms of T. spiralis

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Virchow & Zenker

Question 27

concluded that infections come from eating raw and improperly cooked pork

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Zenker

Question 28

scientific observations on the tapeworms of humans, dogs, and other animals

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Tyson

Question 29

• first to state that intermediate hosts are involved in the life cycles of Taenia
• scolices of the tapeworm in humans resembled cysts in the muscle of pigs

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Goeze

Question 30

• recognized the difference between Taenia solium and Taenia saginata
• fed pig meat containing Taenia solium to criminals condemned to death and recovered adult tapeworms

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Kuchenmeister

Question 31

confirmed that eating “measly” or encysted larvae beef causes tapeworm infections

Answer 31

Perroncito