river blindness
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River Blindness. A patient infected suffering from river blindness. This elderly man shows nodules, skin changes and blindness, all manifestations of the disease. Cause: parasitic roundworm transferred by fly bites. Micro worms swarm through skin and eyes. Economic implications: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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River Blindness
• A patient infected suffering from river blindness.
• This elderly man shows nodules, skin changes and blindness, all manifestations of the disease.
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• Cause: parasitic roundworm transferred by fly bites.
• Micro worms swarm through skin and eyes.
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• Economic implications:– Increased disease frequency has resulted in
limited farm laborers who can grow and harvest crops.
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Unsegmented Roundworms
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Unsegmented Worms
Phylum Nematoda (round worms)-simplest animal to have a digestive system with TWO openings (mouth and anus advanced animal)
-found in soil, lakes, oceans, polar and tropical environments, hot springs (everywhere)
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Ascaris the ones we will be dissecting
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• Feeding:-most are free living carnivores/omnivores that
eat algae, fungi, animals, decaying matter -have a pharynx (suck in food)-some are parasitic (affect plants and animals)
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• Respiration -Diffusion of gases through body walls• Excretion:-metabolic wastes through body walls via
diffusion and undigested wastes through anusNH3 CO2
O2
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• Response: -simple nervous system-ganglia (group of nerve cells -not quite a brain)-sense organs and nerves that run down the body
(movement/chemical detection)• Reproduction:-sexual reproduction (separate sexes)-complex life cycle (2 to 3 different hosts/organs)
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Four types of Nematoda
1. Ascaris-parasitic roundworm that lives in humans (and relatives in horses, dogs)Life Cycle
Intestine (human) → produces eggs → leaves in feces → enters mouth via food/contaminated water → hatch in new host(human) → small intestine → blood vessel → lungs → throat (cough)→ swallowed → back in intestine...cycle starts from beginning
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2. Hook worm -serious human intestinal parasite common in Southern US/tropical countries (1/4 people are infected)
Life CycleEggs hatch outside of body and develop in soil → unprotected foot → sharp teeth/hook to burrow in the skin → enter blood stream → lungs → throat → back to intestine
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3. Trichinosis/Trichonella-live and mate in the intestine-burrow eggs in intestine wall (1500 larvae)Life CycleIn a pig/rat: Larvae travel in blood vessels→ go
to organs → tissues where it forms a cyst (inactive)
-This inactive cysts is then eaten by humans (raw meat contains cyst, which becomes an active worm)
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Dinner is Ready?
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4. Filarial Wormsl-Tropical Asia/Africa-live in blood/lymph vessels of birds and
mammalsLife CycleHost (carrying worms)→ mosquito (now carrying
worms)→ releases worms and blocks passage of lymph vessels → swelling in vessels/tissues
**cause elephantiasis **The following pictures may be disturbing…
viewer discretion is advised
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