1) Clonorchis sinensis is a food-borne trematode parasite known as the oriental liver fluke. It infects over 30 million people in Asia, mainly in China and Taiwan.
2) It has a complex life cycle involving freshwater snails and fish as intermediate hosts. Humans become infected by eating raw or undercooked freshwater fish containing the infective metacercariae.
3) Most infections are asymptomatic but can cause liver inflammation and damage. Heavy infections may lead to complications like cholangitis, cholecystitis and liver cirrhosis. Diagnosis involves finding characteristic eggs in stool or bile. Praziquantel treatment is highly effective.
This document describes the characteristics of trematode parasites known as blood flukes. It discusses their morphology, life cycles, pathogenicity, and taxonomy. The key blood fluke genera include Schistosoma, which are dioecious flukes that cause schistosomiasis. The major Schistosoma species that infect humans are S. haematobium, S. mansoni, and S. japonicum. They have complex life cycles involving freshwater snail intermediate hosts.
Dicrocoelium dendriticum is a small fluke that inhabits the bile ducts of a variety of mammalian hosts. It has a complex life cycle involving three hosts: land snails as the first intermediate host, ants as the second intermediate host, and various grazing mammals as the definitive host. D. dendriticum alters the behavior of infected ants, causing them to cling to plant tops at night where they are more likely to be eaten by grazing mammals. While it typically does not cause severe effects in hosts, heavy infections can lead to liver damage and other issues. Diagnosis is challenging as the eggs are small and difficult to detect in feces. No single treatment has proven fully effective against the parasite.
(1) The document discusses various parasites that can infect the liver and biliary tree, including tapeworms (Echinococcus granulosus, E. multilocularis, E. vogeli), flukes (Fasciola hepatica), and trematodes (Schistosoma japonicum, S. mansoni).
(2) It provides details on the life cycles, symptoms, geographic distribution, diagnosis, and treatment of these parasites. For many species, it describes the eggs, adult worms, and larval stages as seen under microscopy.
(3) Imaging findings (e.g. CT, MRI) and serological tests are also discussed as important diagnostic tools for
This document discusses diseases caused by flukes in the bile duct, including clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis, and fascioliasis. It covers the etiology, life cycles, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of these diseases. Key points include:
- The diseases are caused by parasitic flukes and transmitted through eating raw or undercooked freshwater fish/vegetation containing fluke eggs or larvae.
- Symptoms vary depending on the disease stage but generally include fever, jaundice, liver abnormalities and eosinophilia.
- Diagnosis involves finding fluke eggs in stool or other samples and immunological tests. Imaging can also detect fluke
local names, definition, etiology,epidemiology lifecycle, pathogenesis, clinical findings, necropsy finding, diagnosis,treatment, control and prevention
Helminths, also known as parasitic worms, are multicellular eukaryotic parasites that live in and feed on living hosts. They include nematodes (roundworms), cestodes (tapeworms), trematodes (flukes), and monogeneans. Trematodes have two suckers, an oral and ventral sucker, and a simple digestive system without an anus. They reproduce through an intermediate host, often a snail, and then a definitive host, where they can cause disease. One example is Fasciola hepatica, the sheep liver fluke, which uses a snail and water plants as intermediate hosts before infecting the liver of mammals like sheep, cattle, and humans
1) Clonorchis sinensis is a food-borne trematode parasite known as the oriental liver fluke. It infects over 30 million people in Asia, mainly in China and Taiwan.
2) It has a complex life cycle involving freshwater snails and fish as intermediate hosts. Humans become infected by eating raw or undercooked freshwater fish containing the infective metacercariae.
3) Most infections are asymptomatic but can cause liver inflammation and damage. Heavy infections may lead to complications like cholangitis, cholecystitis and liver cirrhosis. Diagnosis involves finding characteristic eggs in stool or bile. Praziquantel treatment is highly effective.
This document describes the characteristics of trematode parasites known as blood flukes. It discusses their morphology, life cycles, pathogenicity, and taxonomy. The key blood fluke genera include Schistosoma, which are dioecious flukes that cause schistosomiasis. The major Schistosoma species that infect humans are S. haematobium, S. mansoni, and S. japonicum. They have complex life cycles involving freshwater snail intermediate hosts.
Dicrocoelium dendriticum is a small fluke that inhabits the bile ducts of a variety of mammalian hosts. It has a complex life cycle involving three hosts: land snails as the first intermediate host, ants as the second intermediate host, and various grazing mammals as the definitive host. D. dendriticum alters the behavior of infected ants, causing them to cling to plant tops at night where they are more likely to be eaten by grazing mammals. While it typically does not cause severe effects in hosts, heavy infections can lead to liver damage and other issues. Diagnosis is challenging as the eggs are small and difficult to detect in feces. No single treatment has proven fully effective against the parasite.
(1) The document discusses various parasites that can infect the liver and biliary tree, including tapeworms (Echinococcus granulosus, E. multilocularis, E. vogeli), flukes (Fasciola hepatica), and trematodes (Schistosoma japonicum, S. mansoni).
(2) It provides details on the life cycles, symptoms, geographic distribution, diagnosis, and treatment of these parasites. For many species, it describes the eggs, adult worms, and larval stages as seen under microscopy.
(3) Imaging findings (e.g. CT, MRI) and serological tests are also discussed as important diagnostic tools for
This document discusses diseases caused by flukes in the bile duct, including clonorchiasis, opisthorchiasis, and fascioliasis. It covers the etiology, life cycles, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of these diseases. Key points include:
- The diseases are caused by parasitic flukes and transmitted through eating raw or undercooked freshwater fish/vegetation containing fluke eggs or larvae.
- Symptoms vary depending on the disease stage but generally include fever, jaundice, liver abnormalities and eosinophilia.
- Diagnosis involves finding fluke eggs in stool or other samples and immunological tests. Imaging can also detect fluke
local names, definition, etiology,epidemiology lifecycle, pathogenesis, clinical findings, necropsy finding, diagnosis,treatment, control and prevention
Helminths, also known as parasitic worms, are multicellular eukaryotic parasites that live in and feed on living hosts. They include nematodes (roundworms), cestodes (tapeworms), trematodes (flukes), and monogeneans. Trematodes have two suckers, an oral and ventral sucker, and a simple digestive system without an anus. They reproduce through an intermediate host, often a snail, and then a definitive host, where they can cause disease. One example is Fasciola hepatica, the sheep liver fluke, which uses a snail and water plants as intermediate hosts before infecting the liver of mammals like sheep, cattle, and humans
This document summarizes several intestinal and liver flukes including Clonorchis sinensis, Fasciola hepatica, and Fasciolopsis buski. C. sinensis is found in East Asia infecting the biliary tract of humans. Its life cycle involves snails and fish as intermediate hosts. F. hepatica resides in the liver and bile passages. Its life cycle goes through snails and aquatic plants. F. buski lives in the duodenum of pigs and humans. Its life cycle also involves snails and aquatic plants as intermediate hosts. These flukes can cause pathogenic effects like cholangitis, liver damage, and malnutrition. Diagnosis involves stool and blood tests while treatment consists of anthelmint
Heterophyes heterophyes and Metagonimus yokogawai are presented together as so many similarities exist between the two parasites. The two parasites are easily confused but a distinguishing factor is that they are found in different geographic locations of the world.
H. heterophyes, an organism that causes a disease known as heterophyiasis, is found primarily in both the Near and Far East as well as parts of Africa.
M. yokogawai is found in Asia and Siberia and is known as the causative agent for the disease metagonimiasis.
The two organisms are predominantly found as cat and dog parasites, as well as other fish-eating mammals, so heterophyiasis and metagonimiasis are known as zoonoses (animal related) when they infect humans.
Minute teardrop-shaped flukes found in the small intestines of fish-eating birds and mammals.
The eggs of H. heterophyes and M. yokogawai are indistinguishable from each other. They are small flukes known jointly as heterophyids (from the genus comprising these two species) and are approximately 30 μm by 15 μm.
The eggshells of M. yokogawai appear to be thinner than those of H. heterophyes, although this can only be determined by close microscopic attention. The mature flukes of both species are approximately 1 to 2 mm in length.
The adult flukes live burrowed between the villi of the host's small intestine
It only takes around 4 to 6 hours for H. heterophyes to get to the small intestines in the definitive host and even faster in hosts that it does not prefer.
The eggs that are laid contain a miracidium but do not hatch until they are ingested by a snail (Cerithideopsilla conica in Egypt or Cerithidia cingula in Japan).
Inside the snails gut, the miracidium becomes a sporocyst which then begin to produce rediae.
The rediae produce cercariae which then exit the snail, swim toward the surface of the water, and slowly fall back down.
On their way down, they contact a fish and penetrate into the epithelium of the fish.
Here, the cercariae encyst in the muscle tissue.
The second intermediate host include freshwater fish: Mugil cephalus, Tilapia nilotica, Aphanius fasciatus, and Acanthogobius sp.
The definitive host, such as humans or birds, eats the undercooked or raw meat of a fish and ingest the parasite. Natural definitive hosts are cats, dogs, foxes, wolves, pelicans, and humans.Each worm causes a mild inflammatory reaction at its site of contact with the intestine.
Heavy infections which are common cause damage to the mucosa and produce intestinal pain and are associated with diarrhea, mucus-rich feces, pain, dyspepsia, anorexia, nausea and vomiting.
This document discusses several infectious diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites. It describes Salmonella and Campylobacter, which are common causes of foodborne illness. It also discusses viral diseases like rotavirus and hepatitis. Several parasites are mentioned, such as Giardia, various tapeworms and flukes, and the roundworm Ascaris. The transmission cycles and clinical symptoms of many of these pathogens are summarized.
Balantidium coli is the largest protozoan parasite that infects humans. It has two stages - the trophozoite stage, which is actively motile, and the cyst stage, which is the infective stage found in feces. B. coli's natural host is pigs, but it can infect humans through ingestion of contaminated food or water containing cysts. In humans, it causes the disease balantidiasis through invasion and ulceration of the large intestine. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal pain, and bloody stool. Diagnosis involves microscopic examination of stool samples for trophozoites or cysts. Treatment involves antibiotics like tetracycline or metronidazole.
This document discusses liver flukes and intestinal flukes. It describes the life cycles, hosts, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the liver flukes Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. It also discusses the intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski, detailing its life cycle, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment. The document provides information on the morphology, eggs, and clinical manifestations of these parasitic flatworms that infect the liver and intestines.
Clonorchis sinensis, commonly known as the oriental liver fluke, is a parasite that infects the livers of humans. It is found primarily in Asia, where an estimated 30 million people are currently infected. People become infected by eating raw or undercooked freshwater fish that contain the parasite's larvae. The larvae hatch in the intestines and migrate to the bile ducts of the liver where they mature into adult flukes. Long-term infection can lead to liver inflammation, enlargement, and over time cirrhosis or cholangiocarcinoma if left untreated. Praziquantel is the drug of choice for treating infections.
1) Hookworms are blood-feeding nematodes that infect around 900 million people worldwide, principally by the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus.
2) A. duodenale is associated with miners due to humid conditions in mines being suitable for egg and larval development. It was known to cause severe anemia in miners.
3) The life cycle involves eggs passing in feces and hatching as larvae that penetrate skin, are carried by blood to lungs, then swallowed and mature as adults in small intestine where they feed on blood, potentially causing iron-deficiency anemia.
An outbreak of cutaneous larva migrans occurred at a children's summer camp in Miami, Florida in 2006. A total of 22 campers and staff were diagnosed. The outbreak was traced to a sandbox in the playground area that was contaminated with animal feces containing hookworm larvae. Campers who played barefoot in the sandbox were most at risk. Public health officials worked with the camp to remove the contaminated sand and prevent further infections.
Clonorchiasis is an infestation of the liver, biliary tract, and gallbladder by the Chinese liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis. While the parasite is endemic in parts of Asia, cases in India are rare. The patient presented with abdominal pain and distension, and during cholecystectomy, white oval structures 6 mm in length were discovered attached to the gallbladder mucosa, consistent with C. sinensis infection. Though first discovered in India in 1875, clonorchiasis is not endemic and cases found in India usually involve expatriates or imported cases.
Fasciola hepatica, also known as the common liver fluke, is a parasitic flatworm that infects the livers of sheep and cattle. Its complex life cycle involves freshwater snails acting as intermediate hosts. Humans can become accidentally infected by consuming raw freshwater plants containing the fluke larvae. The flukes mature and reproduce in the bile ducts of the liver, causing a disease called fascioliasis. Symptoms range from asymptomatic to abdominal pain and liver damage. Diagnosis involves examining stool samples for fluke eggs or conducting imaging tests and antibody tests. Treatment primarily involves administering deworming medications like triclabendazole or bithionol.
The document summarizes the morphology, life cycles, epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment and control of three intestinal trematodes: Fasciolopsis buski, Heterophyes heterophyes, and Metagonimus yokogawai. F. buski is the largest fluke that lives in the small intestine and releases eggs that develop in snails and freshwater plants consumed by humans. H. heterophyes and M. yokogawai have similar indirect life cycles involving snails and infected fish as intermediate hosts. They can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and granulomatous lesions as adults in the intestine. Diagnosis is by identifying eggs in stool and treatment is praziquantel
What is fascioliasis?
In what parts of the world if fascioliasis found?
How do people get infected with fascioliasis?
What are the signs and symptoms of Fasciola infection, and when do they begin?
How is Fasciola infection diagnosed?
Can Fascioliasis be treated?
How can fasciola infection be prevented?
Trichuris trichiura, commonly known as the whipworm, infects the large intestine of humans. It is transmitted through contact with contaminated fecal matter. The whipworm attaches to the intestinal wall and feeds on secretions, potentially causing bloody diarrhea, anemia, and rectal prolapse. Diagnosis involves finding the parasite's barrel-shaped eggs on stool smear. Treatment involves anthelmintic drugs that kill the worms. Prevention focuses on handwashing and avoiding consumption of contaminated food or soil.
Fascioliasis, or liver fluke disease, is caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica parasites infecting ruminants. It is transmitted when animals ingest fluke-contaminated snails or vegetation. Chronic infection can cause reduced productivity and mortality in sheep and cattle. Prevention focuses on controlling the intermediate snail host population through drainage, molluscicides or biological controls. Regular targeted deworming using triclabendazole or other fluke treatments can also control infection levels and pasture contamination.
Helminthic infestations are a major public health problem in India due to improper disposal of human waste. Common helminths include roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, tapeworm, and flukes. Roundworm is the most common, inhabiting the small intestine and releasing hundreds of thousands of eggs daily that can survive months in soil. People become infected through ingesting roundworm eggs from contaminated food, water, or soil. Symptoms range from mild to severe depending on worm load. Treatment involves antihelminthic drugs and prevention focuses on proper sanitation and hygiene.
Surgical Complications of Roundworm InfestationKETAN VAGHOLKAR
Round worm infestation is common in the tropical countries. Ascaris lumbricoides can cause a variety of complications in the abdomen ranging from colic to perforative peritonitis. As majority of abdominal complications require surgical intervention awareness of the complications is pivotal to the attending surgeon. The surgical complications of roundworm infestation are discussed in this article.
This document discusses diagnostic studies for Fasciola infection among cattle and buffaloes. It provides information on the taxonomy, morphology, and lifecycle of Fasciola parasites. It also discusses the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, postmortem lesions, and economic impact of Fascioliosis. Methods for diagnosis discussed include coprological examination, ELISA serological testing, and Agar Gel Immuno-diffusion. The aims of the study presented are to determine prevalence of Fasciola infection using different diagnostic methods and compare the methods' accuracy. Control methods mentioned include anthelmintic drug usage, snail control, vaccination, and management practices.
LUMEN DWELLING FLAGELLATES - GIARDIA
REFS:
INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED BOOK OF MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY BY K. D. CHATTERJEE
TEXT BOOK OF MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY BY PANIKER
IMAGE SOURCES : FROM INTERNET
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites and transmitted via mosquito bites. It affects 500 million people annually and kills over 1 million. The lifecycle involves two stages: 1) A sexual phase in mosquitoes where sporozoites develop. 2) An asexual phase in humans where the sporozoites infect the liver and then red blood cells, undergoing schizogony to produce merozoites that infect more cells, until some differentiate into transmissible gametocytes.
The document discusses strategies for breeding rice varieties that are tolerant to abiotic stresses caused by climate change. It describes stress tolerance breeding efforts for heat, drought, flooding, and salinity. For each stress, key genes have been identified, such as SUB1A for flood tolerance and DRO1 for deeper root growth and drought tolerance. Marker-assisted backcrossing is being used to introgress stress tolerance genes into popular rice varieties to develop climate-resilient crops. Overall, the document emphasizes the need for stress tolerant rice to ensure food security amidst climate change impacts.
Combating wilt susceptibility in Chickpea – A Success story and Challenges ah...ICARDA
This document discusses the success and ongoing challenges of combating fusarium wilt susceptibility in chickpeas. It summarizes efforts over recent decades to identify sources of wilt resistance through screening landraces and developing resistant varieties. Major accomplishments include the development of varieties JG 315 and JG 74 in the 1980s and subsequent varieties in later decades. However, challenges remain such as new pathotypes of Fusarium oxysporum emerging and increasing issues with other soil-borne diseases under changing climatic conditions. Ongoing efforts are needed to incorporate multiple disease resistance and continue identifying new races of the pathogen.
This document summarizes several intestinal and liver flukes including Clonorchis sinensis, Fasciola hepatica, and Fasciolopsis buski. C. sinensis is found in East Asia infecting the biliary tract of humans. Its life cycle involves snails and fish as intermediate hosts. F. hepatica resides in the liver and bile passages. Its life cycle goes through snails and aquatic plants. F. buski lives in the duodenum of pigs and humans. Its life cycle also involves snails and aquatic plants as intermediate hosts. These flukes can cause pathogenic effects like cholangitis, liver damage, and malnutrition. Diagnosis involves stool and blood tests while treatment consists of anthelmint
Heterophyes heterophyes and Metagonimus yokogawai are presented together as so many similarities exist between the two parasites. The two parasites are easily confused but a distinguishing factor is that they are found in different geographic locations of the world.
H. heterophyes, an organism that causes a disease known as heterophyiasis, is found primarily in both the Near and Far East as well as parts of Africa.
M. yokogawai is found in Asia and Siberia and is known as the causative agent for the disease metagonimiasis.
The two organisms are predominantly found as cat and dog parasites, as well as other fish-eating mammals, so heterophyiasis and metagonimiasis are known as zoonoses (animal related) when they infect humans.
Minute teardrop-shaped flukes found in the small intestines of fish-eating birds and mammals.
The eggs of H. heterophyes and M. yokogawai are indistinguishable from each other. They are small flukes known jointly as heterophyids (from the genus comprising these two species) and are approximately 30 μm by 15 μm.
The eggshells of M. yokogawai appear to be thinner than those of H. heterophyes, although this can only be determined by close microscopic attention. The mature flukes of both species are approximately 1 to 2 mm in length.
The adult flukes live burrowed between the villi of the host's small intestine
It only takes around 4 to 6 hours for H. heterophyes to get to the small intestines in the definitive host and even faster in hosts that it does not prefer.
The eggs that are laid contain a miracidium but do not hatch until they are ingested by a snail (Cerithideopsilla conica in Egypt or Cerithidia cingula in Japan).
Inside the snails gut, the miracidium becomes a sporocyst which then begin to produce rediae.
The rediae produce cercariae which then exit the snail, swim toward the surface of the water, and slowly fall back down.
On their way down, they contact a fish and penetrate into the epithelium of the fish.
Here, the cercariae encyst in the muscle tissue.
The second intermediate host include freshwater fish: Mugil cephalus, Tilapia nilotica, Aphanius fasciatus, and Acanthogobius sp.
The definitive host, such as humans or birds, eats the undercooked or raw meat of a fish and ingest the parasite. Natural definitive hosts are cats, dogs, foxes, wolves, pelicans, and humans.Each worm causes a mild inflammatory reaction at its site of contact with the intestine.
Heavy infections which are common cause damage to the mucosa and produce intestinal pain and are associated with diarrhea, mucus-rich feces, pain, dyspepsia, anorexia, nausea and vomiting.
This document discusses several infectious diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites. It describes Salmonella and Campylobacter, which are common causes of foodborne illness. It also discusses viral diseases like rotavirus and hepatitis. Several parasites are mentioned, such as Giardia, various tapeworms and flukes, and the roundworm Ascaris. The transmission cycles and clinical symptoms of many of these pathogens are summarized.
Balantidium coli is the largest protozoan parasite that infects humans. It has two stages - the trophozoite stage, which is actively motile, and the cyst stage, which is the infective stage found in feces. B. coli's natural host is pigs, but it can infect humans through ingestion of contaminated food or water containing cysts. In humans, it causes the disease balantidiasis through invasion and ulceration of the large intestine. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal pain, and bloody stool. Diagnosis involves microscopic examination of stool samples for trophozoites or cysts. Treatment involves antibiotics like tetracycline or metronidazole.
This document discusses liver flukes and intestinal flukes. It describes the life cycles, hosts, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the liver flukes Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. It also discusses the intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski, detailing its life cycle, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment. The document provides information on the morphology, eggs, and clinical manifestations of these parasitic flatworms that infect the liver and intestines.
Clonorchis sinensis, commonly known as the oriental liver fluke, is a parasite that infects the livers of humans. It is found primarily in Asia, where an estimated 30 million people are currently infected. People become infected by eating raw or undercooked freshwater fish that contain the parasite's larvae. The larvae hatch in the intestines and migrate to the bile ducts of the liver where they mature into adult flukes. Long-term infection can lead to liver inflammation, enlargement, and over time cirrhosis or cholangiocarcinoma if left untreated. Praziquantel is the drug of choice for treating infections.
1) Hookworms are blood-feeding nematodes that infect around 900 million people worldwide, principally by the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus.
2) A. duodenale is associated with miners due to humid conditions in mines being suitable for egg and larval development. It was known to cause severe anemia in miners.
3) The life cycle involves eggs passing in feces and hatching as larvae that penetrate skin, are carried by blood to lungs, then swallowed and mature as adults in small intestine where they feed on blood, potentially causing iron-deficiency anemia.
An outbreak of cutaneous larva migrans occurred at a children's summer camp in Miami, Florida in 2006. A total of 22 campers and staff were diagnosed. The outbreak was traced to a sandbox in the playground area that was contaminated with animal feces containing hookworm larvae. Campers who played barefoot in the sandbox were most at risk. Public health officials worked with the camp to remove the contaminated sand and prevent further infections.
Clonorchiasis is an infestation of the liver, biliary tract, and gallbladder by the Chinese liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis. While the parasite is endemic in parts of Asia, cases in India are rare. The patient presented with abdominal pain and distension, and during cholecystectomy, white oval structures 6 mm in length were discovered attached to the gallbladder mucosa, consistent with C. sinensis infection. Though first discovered in India in 1875, clonorchiasis is not endemic and cases found in India usually involve expatriates or imported cases.
Fasciola hepatica, also known as the common liver fluke, is a parasitic flatworm that infects the livers of sheep and cattle. Its complex life cycle involves freshwater snails acting as intermediate hosts. Humans can become accidentally infected by consuming raw freshwater plants containing the fluke larvae. The flukes mature and reproduce in the bile ducts of the liver, causing a disease called fascioliasis. Symptoms range from asymptomatic to abdominal pain and liver damage. Diagnosis involves examining stool samples for fluke eggs or conducting imaging tests and antibody tests. Treatment primarily involves administering deworming medications like triclabendazole or bithionol.
The document summarizes the morphology, life cycles, epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment and control of three intestinal trematodes: Fasciolopsis buski, Heterophyes heterophyes, and Metagonimus yokogawai. F. buski is the largest fluke that lives in the small intestine and releases eggs that develop in snails and freshwater plants consumed by humans. H. heterophyes and M. yokogawai have similar indirect life cycles involving snails and infected fish as intermediate hosts. They can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and granulomatous lesions as adults in the intestine. Diagnosis is by identifying eggs in stool and treatment is praziquantel
What is fascioliasis?
In what parts of the world if fascioliasis found?
How do people get infected with fascioliasis?
What are the signs and symptoms of Fasciola infection, and when do they begin?
How is Fasciola infection diagnosed?
Can Fascioliasis be treated?
How can fasciola infection be prevented?
Trichuris trichiura, commonly known as the whipworm, infects the large intestine of humans. It is transmitted through contact with contaminated fecal matter. The whipworm attaches to the intestinal wall and feeds on secretions, potentially causing bloody diarrhea, anemia, and rectal prolapse. Diagnosis involves finding the parasite's barrel-shaped eggs on stool smear. Treatment involves anthelmintic drugs that kill the worms. Prevention focuses on handwashing and avoiding consumption of contaminated food or soil.
Fascioliasis, or liver fluke disease, is caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica parasites infecting ruminants. It is transmitted when animals ingest fluke-contaminated snails or vegetation. Chronic infection can cause reduced productivity and mortality in sheep and cattle. Prevention focuses on controlling the intermediate snail host population through drainage, molluscicides or biological controls. Regular targeted deworming using triclabendazole or other fluke treatments can also control infection levels and pasture contamination.
Helminthic infestations are a major public health problem in India due to improper disposal of human waste. Common helminths include roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, tapeworm, and flukes. Roundworm is the most common, inhabiting the small intestine and releasing hundreds of thousands of eggs daily that can survive months in soil. People become infected through ingesting roundworm eggs from contaminated food, water, or soil. Symptoms range from mild to severe depending on worm load. Treatment involves antihelminthic drugs and prevention focuses on proper sanitation and hygiene.
Surgical Complications of Roundworm InfestationKETAN VAGHOLKAR
Round worm infestation is common in the tropical countries. Ascaris lumbricoides can cause a variety of complications in the abdomen ranging from colic to perforative peritonitis. As majority of abdominal complications require surgical intervention awareness of the complications is pivotal to the attending surgeon. The surgical complications of roundworm infestation are discussed in this article.
This document discusses diagnostic studies for Fasciola infection among cattle and buffaloes. It provides information on the taxonomy, morphology, and lifecycle of Fasciola parasites. It also discusses the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, postmortem lesions, and economic impact of Fascioliosis. Methods for diagnosis discussed include coprological examination, ELISA serological testing, and Agar Gel Immuno-diffusion. The aims of the study presented are to determine prevalence of Fasciola infection using different diagnostic methods and compare the methods' accuracy. Control methods mentioned include anthelmintic drug usage, snail control, vaccination, and management practices.
LUMEN DWELLING FLAGELLATES - GIARDIA
REFS:
INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED BOOK OF MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY BY K. D. CHATTERJEE
TEXT BOOK OF MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY BY PANIKER
IMAGE SOURCES : FROM INTERNET
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites and transmitted via mosquito bites. It affects 500 million people annually and kills over 1 million. The lifecycle involves two stages: 1) A sexual phase in mosquitoes where sporozoites develop. 2) An asexual phase in humans where the sporozoites infect the liver and then red blood cells, undergoing schizogony to produce merozoites that infect more cells, until some differentiate into transmissible gametocytes.
The document discusses strategies for breeding rice varieties that are tolerant to abiotic stresses caused by climate change. It describes stress tolerance breeding efforts for heat, drought, flooding, and salinity. For each stress, key genes have been identified, such as SUB1A for flood tolerance and DRO1 for deeper root growth and drought tolerance. Marker-assisted backcrossing is being used to introgress stress tolerance genes into popular rice varieties to develop climate-resilient crops. Overall, the document emphasizes the need for stress tolerant rice to ensure food security amidst climate change impacts.
Combating wilt susceptibility in Chickpea – A Success story and Challenges ah...ICARDA
This document discusses the success and ongoing challenges of combating fusarium wilt susceptibility in chickpeas. It summarizes efforts over recent decades to identify sources of wilt resistance through screening landraces and developing resistant varieties. Major accomplishments include the development of varieties JG 315 and JG 74 in the 1980s and subsequent varieties in later decades. However, challenges remain such as new pathotypes of Fusarium oxysporum emerging and increasing issues with other soil-borne diseases under changing climatic conditions. Ongoing efforts are needed to incorporate multiple disease resistance and continue identifying new races of the pathogen.
The document discusses storage pests and their management. It describes various insect pests that infest stored grains, including internal feeders like the rice weevil and lesser grain borer, and external feeders like the red flour beetle. The document also covers factors affecting storability, types of infestation and losses, and management strategies for stored product pests.
This document discusses nalid deg disease, a condition affecting cattle and buffalo that feed on rice straw. It is more common in winter months in rice growing areas. Clinically, it causes gangrenous lesions on the hoof, ear, and tail. It may be caused by excessive ingestion of selenium from contaminated rice straw grown in selenium-rich soil or from mycotoxins produced when rice straw is stored in moist conditions, allowing fungal growth. Treatment involves washing lesions, applying ointment, administering pentasulfate orally or antibiotics if needed, and potentially surgery to dock the tail. Prevention includes treating rice straw with sodium hydroxide or supplementing animals' diets with copper,
Environmental change and vector borne diseaseNik Ronaidi
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elusive to precision laboratory experiments. Atom interferometers are powerful tools
for investigating, for example, Earth’s gravity1
, the gravitational constant2
, deviations
from Newtonian gravity3–6
and general relativity7
. However, using atoms in free fall
limits measurement time to a few seconds8
, and much less when measuring
interactions with a small source mass2,5,6,9
. Recently, interferometers with atoms
suspended for 70 s in an optical-lattice mode fltered by an optical cavity have been
demonstrated10–14. However, the optical lattice must balance Earth’s gravity by
applying forces that are a billionfold stronger than the putative signals, so even tiny
imperfections may generate complex systematic efects. Thus, lattice interferometers
have yet to be used for precision tests of gravity. Here we optimize the gravitational
sensitivity of a lattice interferometer and use a system of signal inversions to suppress
and quantify systematic efects. We measure the attraction of a miniature source mass
to be amass = 33.3 ± 5.6stat ± 2.7syst nm s−2, consistent with Newtonian gravity, ruling out
‘screened ffth force’ theories3,15,16 over their natural parameter space. The overall
accuracy of 6.2 nm s−2 surpasses by more than a factor of four the best similar
measurements with atoms in free fall5,6
. Improved atom cooling and tilt-noise
suppression may further increase sensitivity for investigating forces at sub-millimetre
ranges17,18, compact gravimetry19–22, measuring the gravitational Aharonov–Bohm
efect9,23 and the gravitational constant2
, and testing whether the gravitational feld
has quantum properties24.
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Understanding the Ecology of the Fasciola Parasite and the Snail Vector to Know the Risk Factors Involved by Dr C Domingo
1. Understanding the Ecology of the
Fasciola Parasite and the Snail Vector
to Know the Risk Factors Involved
CLARISSA YVONNE J. DOMINGO
Professor, CLSU-CVSM
2. Introduction
• This study is a collation of research findings in the
Philippines and other Asian countries that describe
the:
behavior
adaptation of the parasite and the vector in their
natural habitat
how these bionomics influence Fasciola
transmission to animals.
• Understanding the parasite and vector bionomics
explains the rationale behind the strategies of
fasciolosis control.
3. Modified from Gray GD, Copland RS and
Copeman DB (eds) 2008. Overcoming liver
fluke as a constraint to ruminant
production in South-East Asia. ACIAR
Monograph No. 133
5. • Snail density in rivers may be negatively
related to intense rainfall.
• Flooding…
1.disrupts the snail habitat
2.disperses the snails
3.cause them to float up to 70% of their time,
at the water surface
1. Stability of water level (flooding)
(Widjajanti, 1989)
6. After flooding, water level stabilizes a few months
•towards the end of the west season as seen in closed
water bodies (rice paddies, lakes, water holes)
•throughout the dry season in slow moving rivers
Thus, stable water level is favorable to snails for cercarial
shedding and metacercarial encysting
1. Stability of water level (flooding)
(Tembely et al., 1995)
7. 2. Irrigated rice fields (Widjajanti, 1989)
• Availability of water in rice fields favors
increase in snail density
• Lymnea spp. in areas with infected
ruminants: rice fields, p value=0.05
(Domingo, 2012)
8. 3. Season(Grigoryan, 1959)
• Towards the end of the wet season and
throughout the duration of the dry season, the
habitat is no longer suitable for snails.
• Hence, exposure of animals to infection with F.
gigantica from rivers and lakes with infected
snails may be restricted to only a few months
each year.
9. 4. Snail survival from previous cropping
(Widjajanti, 1989)
Snails and their eggs surviving from the previous
crop may:
•colonize recently planted rice fields
•may enter with water introduced to flood the
field after planting.
Their numbers then increase over the next few
months before declining again a few weeks
before harvest.
11. 5.Number of rice cropping per year
(Heytens, 1991)
• Irrigation enhances two crops per year and this maintains
a high population of L. rubiginosa.
• In Indonesia, direct relationship between liver fluke
infection in cattle and intensity of cropping of irrigated
rice was found.
• Risks associated with the infection were:
1) rice cultivation,
2) cattle management and
3) irrigated rice fields as suitable habitat for L. rubiginosa.
12. 5. Surface temperature of soil
(Widjajanti, 1989)
• Cooler temperature in shaded soil allowed the snail hosts
of the F. gigantica to survive dessication for some weeks.
• After one month, it was observed that the mean survival
time of snails was reduced by about one-third.
• Snail egg masses were reduced by about one-half relative
to hydrated controls but no adverse effect of dessication
was observed for one month on subsequent hatchability
of eggs.
15. Optimum Range: 24-27o
C
water temp. for :
1.Miracidia development1
2.Fast switching of rediae
to cercaria2
3.Cercaria early shedding
from snail3,4
4.Metacercaria 6 wks
viability for encystment5
FAVORABLE
TEMPERATURE
1. TEMPERATURE
1
Grigoryan, 1958
2
Dinnick and Dinnick, 1964
3
Al Kubaisee RY and Altaif KI.
1989
4
Asanji, 1988
5
Dreyfuss and Rondelaud, 1994
16. > 43o
C ambient temp:
miracidia dessication1
30-35o
C water temp:
metacercaria viable 5
to 2 wks only2
< 16o
C water temp:
reduces rediae
development3
UNFAVORABLE
TEMPERATURE
5
Grigoryan, 1958.
6
Dreyfuss and Rondelaud,
1994.
9
Dinnick and Dinnick, 1964.
1. TEMPERATURE
17. 2. Sunlight exposure and humidity
• Metacercaria – directly related to degree of
humidity; inversely related to sun exposure
(Dreyfuss and Rondelaud, 1994)
• Desiccated metacercariae exposed to direct
sunlight die within eight hours
(Grigoryan, 1959)
• Exposing fresh rice stalks to direct sunlight
before feeding them to livestock, reduce
infection among animals
(Suhardono et al., 2006c)
18. 3. Water level
• Metacercaria – receding water levels cause drying of
contaminated aquatic forage or hay; they are no longer
infectious after six weeks in the tropics but may survive
up to about four months in cooler climates.
(Grigoryan, 1959)
• Metacercaria immersed in water remain viable at most
5 wks than those allowed to dessicate (viable less than
2 wks).
(Suhardono et al., 2006c)
19. 4. Behavior in Water
CERCARIA: encystment
•Cercariae are shed off up to 15 waves,
one to eight days apart, up to 50 days.
(Dreyfuss and Rondelaud, 1994)
•About two-thirds attach to various objects near the
surface of the water to become metacercaria
(Ueno and Yoshihara, 1974)
•The remaining 1/3 of metacercariae become floating
cysts.
(Dreyfuss and Rondelaud, 1994)
•These floating cysts may move with the flow of water to
become a source of infection where the habitat is
unsuitable for snails and presumed to be safe from
infection. (Dreyfuss and Rondelaud, 1994)
20. 5. Animal dung as fertilizer
(Grigoryan, 1959)
• Infection is highest from fields fertilized with egg-laden
animal manure.
• Exposure of animals to metacercaria from dung-fertilized
irrigated rice fields occurs when animals graze infectious
rice stubble after harvest or drink water flowing from the
fields.
• Goat fasciolosis – affected by the presence of carabao as
draft power (OR=6.14, p value=0.059)
(Domingo, 2012)
21. REFERENCE: Gray GD, Copland RS and Copeman DB (eds) 2008. Overcoming liver fluke as a
constraint to ruminant production in South-East Asia. ACIAR Monograph No. 133
22. 6. Continuous rice cropping
• Exposure to metacercaria occurs
throughout the year in regions where rice
cropping is continuous in irrigated fields.
• Fields most heavily contaminated are those
flooded again after harvest.(Suhardono, 2001)
• Exposure is only for a few weeks after harvest
when rice cropping is seasonal (rain-fed)
(Grigoryan, 1959)
23. 7. Metacercaria predilection site
in plant stalks (Suhardono et al.,2006d)
• 98% of sheep fed with the lower 10 cm of the
fresh rice stalks harbored flukes
• Rejection of the lower portion of rice stalk
previously immersed in water would help
control infection with F. gigantica in animals
fed on fresh rice straw.
25. 8. Grazing after harvest time
(Suhardono, 2001)
The most important risk factor for large ruminants
to become infected with F. gigantica are:
•grazing in recently harvested contaminated rice
fields.
•feeding fresh herbage from such fields
•allowing animals to drink from ditches
surrounding rice fields and water from flooded rice
fields
26. • Over 80% in infection was acquired from January to
June by Ongole cattle in a rice-cropping environment
in West Java which coincided with the period of
harvest of irrigated rice.
• It is also concluded that the main source of infection
with F. gigantica in cattle is fresh rice straw,
especially that from fields within about 200 m. from
a cattle pen.
Proof of infection after
harvest time (Suhardono, 2001)
27. 9. Feeding management (Domingo, 2015)
• Animals managed by “Cut and Carry” system are
5.33 times (p=0.01) and fed with kangkong are 4
times more likely to be sick (p=0.01)
• Animals fed with grasses gathered in the
afternoon are 4 times more likely to be sick
(p=0.0022)
• Animals allowed to eat grasses from pasture areas
with occasional swamping of water are 1.86 times
more likely to be sick (p=0.0244)
• Animals sharing common pasture are twice more
likely to be sick (p=0.0002)
28. 10. Presence of snails
• Irrigation and river waters are 7.3 times more
likely to be associated with the Fasciola snail
vector (p=0.002)
• Goats grazing in areas flooded with irrigation
and river waters are 15.34 times more likely
to be sick (p=0.004)
29. SUMMARY
A. Controlling Infection from irrigated rice
fields
1.Avoid feeding rice stems, grazing or
drinking from field fertilized with animal
dung for 1.5 mos after the field dries out
after harvest.
2.Feed only the top two-thirds of fresh rice
stalks
30. 3. Expose rice stalks to the sun for three days or store
dry for five weeks before feeding to stock
4. If dung is used as fertilizer in rice fields, store under
the sun for at least one month before use or mix with
herbage to promote fermentation and increase the
temperature above 45o
C which is lethal to fluke eggs.
31. B. Controlling infection from lakes, swamps
or streams
1. Avoid water consumption, grazing or
harvesting of fringing herbage from water
bodies when snails are shedding cercariae
(2 mos. after the end of the wet season and
persists for a couple of months)
•The duration of the “infection period”
depends on the persistence of emergent
vegetation and snails in the water body.
32. 2. Apply molluscicide:
• 1 month after the rice crop is planted in
tropical areas to prevent cercarial
shedding.
• 7 weeks or almost 2 months after planting
in cooler regions where larval
development in the snail is slower.
34. Single treatment with triclabendazole:
(Suhardono, 2001)
•six weeks after the last of the seasonal rice
harvest.
•enables the generation of snails in the first
seasonal rice crop to remain free from
infection and thus break the annual cycle of
transmission.
Schedule of deworming:
36. In rice-growing areas, double treatment is
necessary: (Srihakim and Pholpark, 1991)
•with triclabendazole or clorsulon that are
effective against immature and mature flukes.
•three months before rice crop planting so that
stored and fresh feces used as fertilizer would be
free from eggs of F. gigantica; safeguards snails
from becoming infected.
•six weeks after harvest if the field remains dry
(this is sufficient time for metacercariae on
stubble to die)
38. In continuous or asynchronous rice cropping throughout the
year, there is continuous exposure of animals to infection
with F. gigantica. (Gray GD, Copland RS and Copeman DB (eds) 2008)
•In the Philippines, treatment is done every three months
if the available drug is only an adulticide (albendazole).
•If all farmers share common grazing on their newly
harvested rice fields, treatment is extended to four months
with a flukicide that is effective against immature and adult
flukes (Triclabendazole).
•Treat all animals that share common grazing area.
•If maintained for one year, it can reduce the level of
infection in the common grazing animals to levels that could
then be kept low with grazing management or other
biological means.
39. Every 3 months treatment (asynchronous cropping
system)
Albendazole TriclabendazoleAlbendazole
40. REFERENCES:
Domingo CYJ.2012. Epidemiology Of Fasciolosis In Nueva Ecija Province, Northern Philippines, Including An Assessment Of
Ecological Factors and Recommended Control Measures. UN-FAO (EAHMI)
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