Parasites causing malabsorption in adults
- Giardia Lamblia
- E.Histolytica
- H.Nana
- Strongyloides
- Cyclospora
Malabsorption in children
- G.Lamblia
- Isospora belli
- Cryptosporidium
- Ancylostoma duodenaLE
- E.Histolytica
- Capillaria phillipinensis
Man is the defenitive host in most parasitic infections except in:
- Echinococcus granulosus
- Plasmodium
- Taenia Solium(man is both defenitive and intermediate host)
- Toxoplasma gondii
- Sarcocytis lindemanii
Parasites causing autoinfection
These organisms establish life cycle within the same host eliminating the need for other hosts
- Capillaria philippinensis
- Cryptosporidium parvum
- Enterobius vermicularis
- Hymenolepis Nana
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- Taenia solium
Worms which do not multiply in man
- A.duodenale
- E.vermicularis
- W.bancrofti
Clonorchis sinensis
- Man is the defenitive host and snail secondary host in clonorchis sinensis
- Infection caused by ingestion of metcercaria
- Mature in bile canaliculi
- c/c infection associated with cholangitis,cholangio hepatitis and biliary obstrucion.
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