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Medical Parasitology: Protozoa Helminth Arthropod
Medical Parasitology: Protozoa Helminth Arthropod
Introduction
Class Insecta
Class Arachnida
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Introduction
• Arthropod : 1 million species of Arthropods,
occupying 85% of animal species ; most of
them lead free living, very few are parasites
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Class Insecta
1. Morphology
• Head : antenna, compound eyes,simple
eyes, mouthpart
• Chest : 3 pairs of feet , 0~2 pairs of wings
• Abdomen : segmented, no more than 11 S.
2. Life cycle
• Complete metamorphosis
• Incomplete metamorphosis
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蚊
(mosquitoes)
1. Morphology
Head: antenna, compound eyes, mouthpart
Chest: 3 pairs of feet, 1 pairs of wings
Abdomen : 11 segments
• Feeding
• Habitat
• Hibernation
4. Harms
4.1 Transmission of disease
• Mechanical transmission : dysentery,
cholera, hepatitis, paratyphoid, parasitic
infection, etc
• Biological transmission : tzetze fly
transmits trypanosomiasis
4.2 Myiasis
• Gastrointestinal myiasis: Housefly
• Ocular myiasis: Oestrus ovis
• Dermal myiasis: Hypoderma lineatum
• myiasis of ear, pharynx, mouth and nose :
Housefly, Chrysomyia megacephala
• Genitourinary myiasis: housefly
• Myiasis in cutaneous injury: housefly
蚤 (fleas)
Fleas
2500 species in total, 640
in China
1. Morphology
• 3 mm long, brownish
yellow
• Head : 2 simple eyes, a
sharp mouthpart
• Chest : 3 pairs of feet
• Abdomen : 10 segments
2. Life cycle
Egg Larva
Adult Pupa
3. Zoology
• Breeding place
• Habits:
Sucking blood
Great capacity of enduring hunger
A talent for jump
4. Harms
• plague
• Murine typhus
• Tapeworm disease
虱 (lice)
1. Morphology
2 groups : Pthirus pubis and Pediculus
humanus
Nympha Adult
3. Habits
• Breeding habit
• Suck blood
• Sensitive to temperature
• Sensitive to humidity
• Transmitted between persons
4. Harms
1. Dermal pruritus and papilla
2. Transmission of disease
• Epidemic typhus (Ship fever)
• Louse-borne relapsing fever
臭 虫 (bedbug)
Bedbug
1. Morphology
• oval shaped , reddish
brown, 4 -6 mm long
• having 1 pair of
compound eyes, sharp
mouthpart, no wings, 8
segments in abdomen
2. Life cycle and Habits
• Incomplete metamorphosis
• Like to infest in bed board, bedding, mat,
and gaps in desk, wall, floor board during
daytime, suck blood at night
• Strong resistance against hunger
• Not bear high temperature
3. Harms
• Suck blood
• Disturbance
白 蛉 (sandfly)
Sandfly
1. Morphology : grayish white, 1.5-4.0 mm
long, having many hairs, a sharp
mouthpart, 2 black compound eyes
2. Habits : larvae in soil; female suck blood
at night;housekeeping group and wild
group; group dancing
3. Harms : sting man and suck blood;
transmit black fever
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蜱 (ticks)
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Tick
• Adult body : 2 parts, idiosoma and
gnathosoma; 2-10 mm long
• 2 groups : hard ticks and soft ticks
Hard tick: 1 scutum,2 eyes
Soft tick: no scutum, most no eyes
• Inhabitation : bosk; bushwood; cavity
• Life cycle: egg, larva, nymphae, and adult
• Feeding: Larva, nymphae and adult
• Attack object : mammals and aves
• Attack time : daytime
• Attack region : perform selectivity
Harms by ticks
• Sucking blood
• Local infection
• Tick paralysis
• Transmission of diseases
Forest encephalitis, Xingjiang
haemorrhagic fever, Q fever, relapsing
fever, Lyme disease
蠕形螨 (follicle mite)
• Morphology: Cylindrical, milk white,
semitransparent, 0.15-0.30 mm long
• Life cycle: egg, larva, nymphae and adult
• Habitat: Parasitize human follicle and
sebaceous gland
• Habits: Sensitive to temperature
Harms
Cause folliculitis, acne, bottle nose (a
nose to light candles), dermatitis, etc
Prevention
• Diagnosis
the cellophane tape method; skin
scraping method
• Treatment: external use of
Metronidazole or take orally
• Prevention
疥螨 (itch mite)
Sarcoptes scabiei
• Morphology: Nearly round, milk white,
female 0.3-0.5 mm long
• Life cycle: egg, larva, nymphae and adult
• Habitat: Live in keratoderma, dig tunnel
• Feeding: on cutin and lymph fluid
• Mating: at night
• Habit: Enjoy low temperature, and high
humidity
Harms and Prevention
• Pathogenesis: mechanical irritation,allergic
reaction, secondary infection
• Symptom : papilla, nodules,bleb, purulence,
tunnels, itching (more serious at night)
• Dignosis: found tunnel and adults
• Epidemiology: children, live in collectivity,
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• Treatment: Sulfureous ointment, Ivermectin
• Prevention:
尘螨 (dust mite)
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蝎 (scorpion)
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蜈蚣 (centipede)
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Antenna
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Compound Eyes
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Proboscis
1: labrum
2,3: maxilla
5,7: mandible 1
4: labium
6: hypopharynx
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Mouthpart
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3 genera of mosquitoes
Adult
Egg
Pupa
Larva
Compound
Eyes
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Compound Eyes
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Mouthpart
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Ungual Mat
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Life Cycle
Pupa Egg
Maggot
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Egg
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Maggot
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Pupa
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Housefly
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Chrysomyia megacephala
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Sarcoptes scabii
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Scabies
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