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Endo part 2
Question | Answer |
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Tapeworms need _______ to reproduce | Vector --- fleas and mites |
The most common intestinal worm | Round worms -- because they are prolific and easy to spread |
All intestinal worms cause | GI upset |
Roundworm genus | Toxocara (double o like round worm ova) |
Tapeworm species | Dipylidium caninum (despicable -- can grow long like name) |
Roundworms can be passed on via | Egg ingestion, vector, transmammary, transplacental - that's why they are so common! |
Roundworm Ova | Round, looks like a fried egg |
Whipworm species | Trichuris vulpis (tricky whippies) |
Roundworm lives in | small and large intestine - likely to encyst when young |
Whipworms live in the | large intestine |
Whipworms and Hookworms are _____ and cause _______ | heavy blood feeders, anemia |
Whipworms cause ______ stool | Red bloody stool |
Why are there so many false negatives for Whipworms? | They have a long life cycle and lay few eggs |
Whipworm Ova | Footballs/Stewie's head |
Whipworms transmit via | ingestion - no vector |
Hookworm species | Anycylostoma caninum - (A like blood type A, they are heavy blood feeders) |
Hookworms are transmitted via | Ingestion, transplacental, transmammary, and burrowing through skin -- no vector |
Hookworms live in | Small intestine |
Hookworms cause _____ stool | black stool |
Hookworm ova | Ovalish, small round egg things inside, lots of room for lil eggs. |