Part 2

Question 1

Name of the disease caused by trichenella spiralis

Answer 1

trichinelliasis

Question 2

Site of infection of trichenella spiralis

Answer 2

small intestine

Question 3

Mode of transmission of trichenella spiralis

Answer 3

Eating raw halfcooked meat

Question 4

Morphology of trichonella spiralis

Answer 4

Adult:
-Body is covered with cuticle
-Slender anterior with small obicular, non pappileated mouth
- Long narrow digestive tract

Question 5

Male

Answer 5

1.5 into 0.04 mm ventrally curved with 2 lobular caudal appendages

Question 6

Female

Answer 6

3.5 into 0.06 mm and posteriorly end bluntly rounded

Question 7

Larva

Answer 7

Spear tip anterior
80 to 120 mm in length
5.6 mm in width

Question 8

Mature encysted larva

Answer 8

Have digestive tract similar to adult
Reproductive organs not fully developed

Question 9

Life cycle of trichonella spiralis

Answer 9

Pigs contain encysted larva in their muscle.
Human cat dog eat this infected pig
Capsule of the eggs dissolved in the intestine and larva are liberated
Sexual reproduction occurs
Female borrows into the intestine villi
Viviparous female lays the eggs inside the mucosa into the blood stream
Eggs can only hatch in striated muscle fibre such as that of heart , brain and gluteus maximus

Question 10

Clinical features

Answer 10

Eye puffiness
Splinter heammorhage
muscle pain
noon specific gastroenteritis

Question 11

Diagnosis

Answer 11

-demonstration of larvae in muscle biopsy near tendon insertions in deltois

-Antibody detction
-Bachman intradermal test

Question 12

Treatment for trchonella spiralis

Answer 12

mebendazole or abendazole
prenisone