ASSIGNMENT IN MICROBIOLOGY

THE HUMAN PARASITIC WORMS

NAME: Chessie R. Aplod
COURSE & ID NUMBER: DMD 2051572
LECTURE TIME SCHEDULE: W 1:30-4:30
CONTACT NUMBER: 09753419493

CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING ORGANISM according to their: (use the lecture hand out
which I provided on line)
SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME ASCHELMINTHE NEMATODA,
OF PARASITIC S OR CESTODA OR
WORMS PLATYHELMINT TREMATODA
HES

1. Diphyllobothrium Fish tapeworm Platyhelminthes Cestoda

latum

2. Ascaris Human roundworm Aschelminthes Nematoda

lumbricoides

3. Fasciola hepatica Common liver fluke Platyhelminthes Trematoda

or sheep liver fluke

4. Schistosoma Blood fluke Platyhelminthes Trematoda

japonicum

5. Taenia saginata Beef tapeworm Platyhelminthes Cestoda

6. Taenia solium Pork tapeworm Platyhelminthes Cestoda

7. Raillietina Broad-headed Platyhelminthes Cestoda

cesticillus tapeworm

8. Enterobius Pinworm Aschelminthes Nematoda

vermicularis
9. Paragonimus
westermani Japanese lung fluke Platyhelminthes Trematoda
or oriental lung fluke

10. Paragonimus Japanese lung fluke Platyhelminthes Trematoda

westermani or oriental lung fluke
Guide questions:
1. Which is the largest parasitic worm inhabiting our body?
( Ascaris lumbricoides )
2. Which is the longest parasitic worm inhabiting our body?
( Taenia solium (cestodes) )
3. Which organism / s require snails as its intermediate hosts?
( Trematodes/FLUKES )
4. Which organism / s require copepods as their intermediate hosts?
( Phylum Platyhelminthes or flatworms )
5. Which organim /s can be treated with:
A. Praziquantel: Tapeworms and Flukes
B. Metrifonate: Flukes

6. Compare the following:

CYSTS TROPHOZOITE
 Typically found in formed stool  Typically found in diarrheal stool

 Can survive days to weeks in the  Rapidly destroyed once outside the
external environment and are body, and if ingested would not
responsible for transmission survive exposure to the gastric
environment

 Cysts are smaller than trophozoites,  Asymmetric and shows directional

measuring 40-60 mm across. motile

 Mature cyst has four nuclei  1 to 2 nuclei

7. Enumerate the specimen to be observed using MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION:

A. Leukocytes
B. Red blood cells
C. Macrophages
D. Fat
E. Ova
F. Cysts and other microorganisms