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NAME PARASITIC HELMINTHES-CASE STUDIES-SPRING 2017 MUST BE TURNED IN WITH HELMINTHES LAB y of the POWs who were held captive in the Fair East during the WWIl contracted asitic infections, especially those prisoners who were forced to work on the infamous Thai-Burma railway. The tr railway project provided perfect conditions for the development of the infective stage of a parasitic larva, which infected the POWs through the soles of their poorly shod feet as they worked. In patients who have this chronic infection and are on chronic coritcosteroid therapy a syndrome can occur which results in high mortality rates. Which of the is most likely to be the culprit? A. Ancyclostoma duodenale B. Ascaris lumbricoides C. Diphyllobothrium latum D. Strongyloides stercoralis E. Taenia solium following parasites 2. Analysis of a patient's stool reveals small structures resembling rice grains; microscopic examination shows these to be proglottids. Which of the following is the most likely organisnm in this patient's stool? A. Ascaris lumbricoides B. Enterobius vermicularis C. Necator americanus D. Taenia saginata E. Trichuris trichiura 3. A young boy from an impoverished area in Argentina presents to a public health clinic with Romana sign and a chagoma lesion. Several reduvid insects from the home are shown to the health care workers. In the chronic stage of this disease, where are the main lesions usually observed? A. Digestive tract and respiratory tract B. Heart and digestive tract C. Heart and liver D. Liver and spleen E. Spleen and pancreas

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ANSWER:-

1. ascaris lumricoides

2. taenia saginata

3. heart and digestive tract

4. leishmania donovani

5. cysticercosis

6. schistosomiasis

7. visceral larva migrans

8. schistosomiasis

9. echinococcus granulosus

10. entrobius vermicularis