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• Life Cycle • Symptoms/Diagnosis • Epidemiology • Treatment/Prevention • Harmless – Unfertilized Egg – Non-Infective • Harmful – Fertilized Egg – Infective • Harmless – Unfertilized Egg – Non-Infective • Harmful – Fertilized Egg – Infective • Stomach • Intestine • Blood Stream (Hepatic Portal Vein) • Liver, heart, Lungs • Pharynx • Intestine • Exits Body via Feces • • • • • • • • Asymptomatic Coughing Wheezing Shortness of Breath Vomiting Stomach Pain Malnutrition Pneumonia • • • • Bloody sputum Vomiting worms Worms in the Stool Worms exiting through the nose or mouth • X-rays of abdomen or lungs • Malnutrition • Albendazole – Decreases ATP production – Death – Dosage = 1 Tablet • Reduced Drug Cost: – $0.20 to $0.02 per tablet • Reduce Intensity – Decrease worm count • Piggy-Backing – Using existing programs • Clean/Cooked Food • Good Hygiene • Adequate Sewage System • Boiled/Clean Water • Education • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albendazole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascariasis http://www.stanford.edu/group/esw/wiki/Ascaris http://www.grida.no/publications/vg/water2/page/3233.aspx http://site.ebrary.com.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/lib/uncch/docDetail.action?docID=10053295 http://www.parasitology.com/worms/index.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/parasites/ParaSites2002/ascariasis/index.html http://postconflict.unep.ch/sudanreport/sudan_website/index_photos_2.php?key=water%20pollution http://syafiqhusni.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/ascari.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Mebendazole.png http://www.transpharma.com/images/prod_structures/albendazole.jpg http://www.marinebuzz.com/2008/03/22/world-water-day-focuses-on-sanitation/ http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/stomach/ascariasis.html http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/ascaris/factsht_ascaris.htm http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/ascariasis/en/ http://www.cytochemistry.net/cell-biology/tub1a.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatic_portal_vein http://www.healthscout.com/ency/1/000628sym.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albendazole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebendazole http://www.yteach.com/page.php/resources/view_all?id=cyst_disease_eosinophil_fluke_Giardia_lamblia_histamina_human_healt h_immune_system_infection_infectious_disease_life_cycle_of_malaria_mast_cell_parasite_parasitic_infections_Plasmodium_prot ozoan_Schistosoma_sexual_reproduction_Trematoda_worm_t_page_18&from=search http://www.who.int/wormcontrol/statistics/control_strategy/en/index.html http://www.watermissions.org/no-hygiene