(nematodes) 2nd sem, midterms

• it causes human intestinal capillariasis

  Capillaria philippinensis
• humans hepatic capillariasis

  C. hepatica
• C. aerophila

  human pulmonary capillariasis.
• Disease for Enterobius Vermicularis

  Enterobiasis (Pinworm)
• It is also called the human whipworm

  Trichuris Trichiura
• A common roundworm

  Ascaris Lumbricoides
• The Human Hookworms

  Ancylostoma Duodenale, Necator Americanus
• The disease for Ancylostoma Duodenale

  New World Hookworm Disease
• Treatment for Strongyloides Stercoralis (Threadworm)


  Ivermectin or Albendazole
• Known as the muscle worms

  Trichinella Spiralis
• Known as Filarial Worms

  Wuchereria Bancrofti, Brugia Malayi
• Treatment for Wuchereria Bancrofti, Brugia Malayi

  Diethylcarbamazine
• Known as Malayan Filariasis

  Brugia Malayi
• Known as the eye worm

  Loa Loa (Loiasis)
• What is the scientific name for the parasite commonly known as the Guinea worm?

  Dracunculus medinensis
• Which parasite causes "Sowda" or "river blindness"?

  Onchocerca volvulus
• responsible for transmitting Mansonella streptocerca to humans

  The black fly (Simulium spp.)