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    PARASITOLOGY LECTURE

    Intestinal Nematodes

    Intestinal Nematodes

    - Normally called round worms


     Ascaris lumbricodes
     Enterobius vermicularis
     Ancylostoma duodenale
     Necator americanus
    Hookworms:
     Strongyloides spectoralis
     Trichuris trichura
     Capillara philippinensis
    Tissue round worms:
     Trichinella spiralis
     Dracunculus medinensis

    General Characteristics
     Males smaller than females & have curved tail.
     Unsegmented
     Length varies from a few millimeters to meters in length.
     Complete digestive tract (mouth to anus)
     Worldwide distribution
     Phylum Nematoda ( threadlike”
     Sexes are seprate (diecious)
    Female Nematodes: Parasite
    Oviparous (lay eggs) A. Lumbricoides
    T. trichura
    A. doudenale
    N. americanus
    *laying eggs containing
    larvae
    E. vermicularis
    Vivaparous (give birth to larvae) D. medinesis
    W. bancrofti
    B. malayi
    T. spiralis
    Ovo- viviparous ( laying eggs S. stercoralis
    containing larvae w/c are
    immediately hatched out)

    CLASSIFICATION OF NEMATODES ACCDG TO


    HABITAT OF ADULT WORMS
    INTESTINAL SOMATIC
    Small intestine Lymphatic system
     A. lumbricoides  W. brancofti
     A. duodenale  B. malayi
     N. americanus
     S. stercoralis
     T. spiralis
     C. philippinenesis
    Large instine (cecum & Body cavite
    vermiform appendix)  Masonella perstons
     E. vermicularis  M. ozzardi
     T. trichiura
    Subcutaneous tissues
     Loa loa
     O. volvulus
     D. medinesis
    Conjunctiva
     Loa loa

    ASCARIA LUMBRICOIDES

    Common name: Giant roundworms

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