Cestodes & Trematodes

Cards (54)

  • how a parasite is acquired
    source of infection
  • method of transfer to the host
    mode of transmission
  • how a parasite is able to enter the host
    infective stage
  • a stage where the parasite is capable of causing a disease
    pathogenic stage
  • a stage which provides evidence for making a specific
    diagnostic stage
  • harbors the larval stage
    intermediate host
  • harbors the adult stage of the parasite
    definitive host
  • cestodes
    dorso-ventrally flattened
  • cestodes
    hermaphrodite
  • contains both male and female organs
    hermaphrodite
  • outer surface of cestodes
    tegument
  • 3 regions in an adult worm
    1. head: scolex
    2. neck
    3. strobila
  • Beef tapeworm
    taenia saginata
  • pork tapeworm
    taenia solium
  • fish tapeworm
    diphyllobothrium latum
  • dwarf tapeworm
    hymenolepsis nana
  • dog tapeworm
    echinococcus granulosus
  • platyhelminthes
    flatworms
  • infective stage of taenia saginata
    cysticerci
  • disease of taenia saginata
    taeniasis
  • infective stage of taenia solium
    cysticercus cellulose
  • disease of taenia solium
    taeniasis and cysticercosis
  • the longest tapeworm
    diphyllobothrium latum
  • infective stage of diphyllobothrium latum

    plerocoid
  • most common tapeworm recovered in the US
    Hymenolepsis nana
  • eggs are directly infectious
    hymenolepsis nana
  • disease of hymenolepsis nana
    hymenolepiasis
  • zoonic type of infection
    echinococcus granulosus
  • definitive host of echinococcus granulosus
    dogs
  • intermediate host of e. granulosus
    sheep
  • accidental host of e. granulosus
    human
  • pathogenic stage of e. granulosus
    hydatid cyst
  • infective stage of e. granulosus
    eggs
  • trematodes
    flukes
  • romantic parasites
    schistosoma spp.
  • intermediate host of c. sinensis
    freshwater snail
  • 1nd intermediate host of c. sinensis
    freshwater fish
  • asian liver fluke
    clonorchis sinensis
  • sheep liver fluke
    fasciola hepatica
  • paragonimus westermani

    oriental lung fluke