Download Ascariasis

• 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
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Asymptomatic
Coughing
Wheezing
Shortness of Breath
Vomiting
Stomach Pain
Malnutrition
Pneumonia
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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
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albendazole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascariasis
http://www.stanford.edu/group/esw/wiki/Ascaris
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http://www.cytochemistry.net/cell-biology/tub1a.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatic_portal_vein
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albendazole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebendazole
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