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Discuss the two routes (fecal-oral route and skin penetration) of parasitic nematode transmission in humans.
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- Describe a parasitic infection in cestodes in which human serves as a definitive host, as an intermediate host, and as both.How do humans get infected with parasitic nematodes? Discuss two routes of transmission in humans.What are some of the roundworm infections that can occur in humans and how can they be they transmitted? Describe the symptoms.
- Explain what it means to be an obligate intracellular parasite.Name three groups of obligate intracellular parasites.Describe the life cycle of Paragonimus westermani and its method of transmission to humans with crayfish and snail as the intermediate hosts. Show in a diagram and an explanation.Please answer fast Describe the molting pattern of nematodes. Which stage is usually infective to the definitive host? What is a major morphological difference between Hymenolepis diminuta and Hymenolepis nana? Discuss a major difference between the life cycles of the two. What are the three many body divisions of a typical tapeworm? Describe each division.
- In Platyhelminthes, what are the advantages/disadvantages of being a parasite? Free living? Why is there an observed loss of organs and structures in parasitic species?Currently, the most common nematode infestation worldwide is a. hookworm c. tapeworm b. ascariasis d. trichinosisI. Differentiate the following according to their general characteristics: a. Nematodes b. Cestodes c. Trematodes II. What are the most effective ways to prevent and control dengue? III. Differentiate Taenia Solium and Taenia Saginata.
