PPT-Schistosomiasis

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. 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. . . . . . . . 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 . behaviour: . macroparasites. . & . microparasites. CfE. . Advanced Higher Biology. Unit . 2: . Organisms and Evolution. SQA . mandatory key area. Macroparasites. : . endoparasitic. amoebas, . platyhelminths. : Exploring Genomic Information for Control . . . Stephen . Gikuru. . Egerton University-Kenya. . Irish Forum for Global Health Conference . 30. th. Nov 2010, NUIM. . A public health problem. 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. ealth Volume 7 , Issue 2 , Jun 201 9 Prevalence of Schistosoma Haematobium Infection in Nigeria: A Retrospective Case Study in Kuje Village, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria Article by A. A Og 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).. Sina Helbig*,. . Akre. . M. . . Adja. , Alia. . Tayea, . Neil. . Arya. **. July 2019. Prepared as part of an education project of. . the Global Health Education Consortium and collaborating. . . Babikir. . Sidahmed. Schistosomiasis. in Sudan. A German pathologist who discovered in autopsy material the causative agent of . haematuria. during his work in Egypt in 1815.. Cause: . Schistosome.