PPT-Schistosomiasis

Virginia Giselle amp Nick BIOL 065 Pneumonia amp Flu Thursday April 19 2012 Schistosoma literally means Split Body in Greek Facts amp Figures A Neglected Tropical Disease NTD. 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. , 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. . . . . . . . . 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. 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. . . 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 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. . Kumar. Assistant Professor. Department of Veterinary Medicine. Bihar Veterinary College, Patna. (Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna. ). Trematodes. . Schistosomes. : . Blood flukes. Family: . Schistosomatidae. . 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. 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 (. 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.