Protozoa and Helminths

Question 1

Pinworm

Answer 1

enterobius

Question 2

Enterobius

Answer 2

most common, eggs on clothing and hands ingested, scotch tape technique

Question 3

ascaris

Answer 3

eggs in unsanitary environment ingested, veggies in contact with human feces, blood/lung/swallowed/intestines, fecal oral,

Question 4

hookworms

Answer 4

ancyclostoma duodenale and necator americanus, acquired running barefoot

Question 5

ancyclostoma duodenale

Answer 5

hookworm

Question 6

necator americanus

Answer 6

hookworm

Question 7

pork tapeworm

Answer 7

taenia solium, acquired from pig asymptomatic, but through human fecal-oral can cause brain issues

Question 8

schistosoma

Answer 8

schistosomiasis, trematode, bathing in fresh warm water with snails, larval penetration of skin

Question 9

giardia

Answer 9

most common protozoa, milk intolerance, steatorrhea, ingestion of cycsts (backpackers drinking from stream)

Question 10

cryptosporidium

Answer 10

chlorine resistant, acquired in pool through ingestion of cysts, aids associated zoonosis, also acquired from cattle

Question 11

isospora

Answer 11

protozoa aids associated, watery diarrhea, common in latin america, sporozoites penetrate epithelial cells,

Question 12

cyclospora

Answer 12

protozoa, can get in restaurants, common in mexico and south america from local food/water,

Question 13

entamoeba histolytica

Answer 13

protozoa, developing countries, cause dysentery/colitis/liver abscess

Question 14

amebic trophozoites

Answer 14

multi nucleated look at picutre