HELMINTHIC DISEASES
ASCARIASIS
Caused by Ascaris lumbricoides (Vector : Cockroach and Flies)
Symptoms are weakness, anaemia, diarrhoea, vomitting, etc.
FILARIASIS
, Caused by Wucheraria bancrofti. Transmitted by female Culex mosquito.
• Also called Elephantiasis - due to enlargement of body parts like legs.
• Symptoms include fever, proliferation of endothelial cells and deposition of metabolites in the walls of lymph vessels resulting in swelling of affected parts.
TAENIASIS
• Caused by Taenia solium (or pork tapeworm). Transmitted by pig.
• Symptoms are abdominal pain, indigestion, vomitting, constipation, anorexia (loss of appetite), nervous disorder.
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