GEOG103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Nematode, Meningitis, Blood Transfusion
10 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Parasite targets red blood cells (that transfer oxygen throughout body) Feed and reproduce destroy blood cells and flood the body with offspring. Spread by saliva of ticks or blood transfusion (rare) Attach to mouse as larvae; spores need to mature and get to salivary glands. P(cid:396)otista (cid:894)does(cid:374)"t fall i(cid:374)to a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al ,(cid:271)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)ia, vi(cid:396)us, et(cid:272). (cid:895) living; tick-borne parasite, often co-infection w/ lyme. Found now only in a few countries. Only way to get worm out is by using sticks, winding out slowly; if it breaks, the worm bores a new hole from inside to outside of skin (very painful) Grows in abdominal walls, and mate inside the person; male dies, female works way down to leg, immerges from leg causing it to burn; only soothes with water. Eaten by water fleas; but does the same thing. Larvi ingested, burrow out of intestines and into abdominal muscles, mate, male dies, female (now mated) navigates to extremity.
