What do you have?
Yikes
100

Yesterday, I went swimming. Today I am itchy. Aww, man. Looks like I have...(medical term = double points)

What is swimmers itch? for the double bonus: What is cercarial dermatitis? (slide 21) 

100

You went wading into the water in South America. You see some snails like the one below. Oh no! You may have been infected with a flatworm parasite. The parasite infected you by...

(bonus points! Name the parasite) 

Penetrating the skin; bonus points: Schistosoma mansonii (slide 32)

200

You have a young child in school. They've recently been itching their bottom a lot. A few days later, YOU start to itch their too. Oh no! You've been infected with...

What is pinworm? Also accepted: threadworm (slide 23) 

200

This parasitic worm can be contracted by drinking contaminated water. The female worm can be removed by wrapping it around a small stick. It has been targeted for eradication. Bonus points: what has been causing difficulty for eradication? 



What is Guinea Worm? Bonus: Dogs. Slide 34

300

Your friend is a hunter and has offered you some medium-well bear meat. You decide this is a good idea. A few days later, you have nausea, abdomanal pain and diarreha. No big deal. A few weeks later, you have muscle pain, fever, weakness and fatigue. These can be found in your muscle tissue. Name the disease. Bonus points: what is the structure pictured below?

What is trichinellosis (or trichosis)? Bonus points: what is a nurse cell? slide 26

300

You've forgotten to give your dog they're hearworm preventative so they've been off of ivermectin for awhile now. You've been diagnosed with cutaneous larval migrans and feet look like this. Your dog must have given you a....



Hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum) slide 36

400

You develop siezures. An image of your brain is below. Oh no! You've contracted the larval form of what type of parasite. 

Taenia solium; tapeworm (slide 28)

400

Playing outside barefoot is wonderful fun in the summer! Until you contract a hookworm that burrows through your skin. Explain how the adult worms end up in your intestine. 

Worms burrow through your skin, migrate through blood vessles ultimately ending up in the lung. Larvae develop in the lung until you cough them up and swallow them....where they follow until they end up in your small intestine. No slide. 

500

Uh-oh! We found this in your brain! What is the name of this structure? 

Hydatid cyst (slide 30) 

500

Anthelmintic drug resistance is a growing problem. Interestingly, schistosomiasis has remained suseptible to praziquantel for decades. Hypotheses as to why? 


What is reduced fitness in intermediate host? 

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