Basic principles of parasitiology and biology of helminths - helminth parasites

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What is the difference in the way trematodes, cestodes and nematodes eat?

Cestodes and trematodes have teguments for nutrient absorption from the environment. Trematodes also have a caecum. Nematodes feed through their mouths and have an alimentary tract.

Life cycle of treamatodes:

  • Schistosomiasis are the most damaging parasite infection.
  • Chronic disease is caused by eggs trapped in the liver and other organs. Eggs migrate to the portal blood in the liver and mature.
  • There is an immune response against egg antigens.
  • Adults do not cause direct pathology in definitive host -> eggs cause inflammatory responses by antigenic egg shells -> soluble egg antigens leak from the eggs
  • strong granulomatous inflammation and fibrosis/necrosis

Reproduction strategies of Trematodes:

  • Self fertilization (fasicola hepatica)
  • cross fertilization (paragonimus)
  • fertilization between opposite sexes (schistosomes)
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Life cycle of nematodes:

4 juvenile stages and one adult stage:
J1. Intestine
J2. Bloodstream, liver
J3.
J4. Heart, lungs
Adult. Mouth, intestine

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