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**** Cysticercus (larvareal ''[[Taenia solium]]'') |
**** Cysticercus (larvareal ''[[Taenia solium]]'') |
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* '''Roundworms''' (nematodes) |
* '''Roundworms''' (nematodes) |
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** Filarial roundworms |
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*** ''[[Ascaris lumbricoides]]'' (great roundworm) |
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*** ''[[Onchocerca volvulus]]'' (river blindness) |
*** ''[[Onchocerca volvulus]]'' (river blindness) |
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*** ''[[Loa loa]]'' (eye worm) |
*** ''[[Loa loa]]'' (eye worm) |
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*** ''[[Wucheria bancrofti]]'' (lymphatic filariasis) |
*** ''[[Wucheria bancrofti]]'' (lymphatic filariasis) |
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*** ''[[Dracunculus medinensis]]'' (Guinea worm) |
*** ''[[Dracunculus medinensis]]'' (Guinea worm) |
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*** ''[[Mansonella perstans]]'' |
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**** ''[[Trichinella spiralis]]'' (pork worm) |
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== Investigations == |
== Investigations == |
Revision as of 17:33, 14 December 2019
- Flatworms (platyhelminths)
- Flukes (trematodes)
- Schistosoma spp. (blood flukes)
- Clonorchis (liver fluke)
- Paragonimus (lung fluke)
- Fasciola hepatica (intestinal fluke)
- Tapeworms (cestodes)
- Intestinal tapeworms
- Taenia solium (pork tapeworm)
- Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm)
- Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm)
- Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)
- Larval tapeworms
- Echinococcus granulosus (hydatid worm)
- Echinococcus multilocularis (alveolar hydatid disease)
- Cysticercus (larvareal Taenia solium)
- Intestinal tapeworms
- Flukes (trematodes)
- Roundworms (nematodes)
- Filarial roundworms
- Onchocerca volvulus (river blindness)
- Loa loa (eye worm)
- Wucheria bancrofti (lymphatic filariasis)
- Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm)
- Mansonella perstans
- Non-filarial roundworms
- Intestinal roundworms
- Ascaris lumbricoides (great roundworm)
- Necator americanus (New World hookworm)
- Ancylostoma duodenale (Old World hookworm)
- Strongyloides stercoralis (threadworm)
- Trichuris trichuria (whipworm)
- Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
- Tissue roundworms
- Trichinella spiralis (pork worm)
- Ancylostoma braziliense and other spp. (cutaneous larva migrans, creeping eruption)
- Toxocara canis and Toxocara cani (visceral larva migrans)
- Baylisascaris procyonis
- Intestinal roundworms
- Filarial roundworms
Investigations
- Eosinophilia seen in tissue-invasive worms, not in those that live in the gut or in cystic structures