PPT-Schistosomiasis

Exploring Genomic Information for Control Stephen Gikuru Egerton UniversityKenya Irish Forum for Global Health Conference 30 th Nov 2010 NUIM A public health problem. Trematodes. (flukes). Phylum . Platyhelminthes. – Class . Trematoda. . General characters:. Dorsoventrally. flattened typically leaf shaped. have an oral and a ventral sucker used for attachment and movement. . By, Cheryl . Poleschuk. Linda Hansen. Background. More than 200 million people are infected with . schistosomiasis. worldwide. One of the WHO neglected diseases of the world. Blood fluke = common name. Trematoda. (Flatworms). Flukes. Flatworm. unsegmented body. No body cavity; nutrients diffuse across body surface. =acoelomate . >11,000 species. Affect >300 million people each year (mostly in Africa and Asia). of . Morbidity & Mortality. ACCOUNTED FOR MOST OF THE DISEASES BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. ONLY SECOND MALARIA. SCHISTOSOMES. Globetrotting Parasites that Continue to Spread and Cause Disease. . . . . . . . Nelson and Masters Williams, 2014. Parasitic infection. Co-evolved with human hosts. Adapted to evade immunity. Evolve in a manner that can enable migration to new hosts. Transmission. . BILHARZIOSIS. Bilhazia. in Ghana. PLAN OF PRESENTATION. DEFINITION. EPIDEMIOLOGY. ETIOLOGY. MODE OF TRANSMISSION/LIFE CYCLE. PATHOGENESIS. SIGNS &SYMPTOMS. DIAGNOSIS. DIFFERENTIALS. TREATMENT. Pontiano. . Kaleebu. Medical Research Council (MRC UK). Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI). ENTEBBE. 1. Introduction. A. wide . geographic overlap in . occurrence NTDs and HIV . I. nfection with . M. acroparasites. & . M. icroparasites. CfE. . Advanced Higher Biology. Unit . 2: . Organisms and Evolution. SQA mandatory key area. Macroparasites. : . endoparasitic. amoebas, . platyhelminths. The snail is just the carrier of the . Schistosomiasis. parasitic disease. . Schistosomiasis. , or bilharzia, is a parasitic disease caused by . trematode. flatworms of the genus . Schistosoma. . . University . of . Warwick Medical Student . website. adapted by Siobhan Quenby. Professor . of Obstetrics. Yeasts . vs. Moulds. Single cell. Reproduce by budding. Identify using biochemical tests. Wish list - Yobe State, Nigeria 2018 – 19, explanatory narrative Contents Background to project area and PCT NTD needs ................................ ............................. 1 Specific o Medical Parasitology. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ali Mohammed. Introduction to Helminths. The term “Helminths” mean “worms” in parasitology. It refers to the parasitic worms, those comprises two large phyla: Phylum Platyhelminths (flat worms) and Phylum Nemathelminths or Nematoda (true round worms), and two smaller ones: Phylum Nematomorpha (hair snakes) and Phylum Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms), in addition to one class group from phylum Annelida, the class Hirudinea (Leeches).. Primary care pediatricians see a wide spectrum of children with rashes and searching for a cause can be challenging. We describe a 17-year-old boy with sudden onset of widespread pruritic, urticaria SUB-DISTRICT* LEVEL DATA REVIEW FOR . TARGETED TREATMENTS. Better utilization of available Schistosomiasis . site level data . to plan MDA targeted at sub-district* levels. . *Lowest possible administrative level for which demographic data is available.