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BILHARZIOSIS Bilhazia in Ghana PLAN OF PRESENTATION DEFINITION EPIDEMIOLOGY ETIOLOGY MODE OF TRANSMISSIONLIFE CYCLE PATHOGENESIS SIGNS ampSYMPTOMS DIAGNOSIS DIFFERENTIALS TREATMENT. 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. . 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. , Yuesheng Li, Alfred K Lam, Thao N P Chau, Donald A Harn, Gail M Williams, Darren J GrayAllen G P RossGrif�th Health Institute, Grif�th University, Gold Coast Campus, AustraliaM A. lthough acute longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is a key diagnostic component of . neuromyelitis. . optica. (NMO) it may also occur in other conditions such as multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis and infectious diseases. . 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. . . behaviour: . macroparasites. . & . microparasites. CfE. . Advanced Higher Biology. Unit . 2: . Organisms and Evolution. SQA . mandatory key area. Macroparasites. : . endoparasitic. amoebas, . platyhelminths. Wish list - Yobe State, Nigeria 2018 – 19, explanatory narrative Contents Background to project area and PCT NTD needs ................................ ............................. 1 Specific o Kumar. Assistant Professor. Department of Veterinary Medicine. Bihar Veterinary College, Patna. (Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna. ). Trematodes. . Schistosomes. : . Blood flukes. Family: . Schistosomatidae. Parasites: An organism living on or in another organism called host that provides it with protection and nourishment.. Host: the animal that harbors a parasites.. Type of parasites:. Obligate parasites : those parasites that cannot exists with out a host.eg: malaria. 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 The fortunate…. 2.4 billion people do not have basic sanitation (WHO & UNICEF, 2017).. The rest…. Open defaecation for 892 million people (WHO, 2017).. The poorest…. 2.1 billion lack safe water at home (.