BIOL2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chemotherapy, Antibody, Metronidazole
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Swine, wild boar, bear, horse, fox are main hosts. Fever and perorbital edema are followed by myalgia and weakness. Death is rare but due to myocarditis, encephalitis. Pulmonary cause of larval migration, lung damage due to cellular rxn on larva, severe damage if reproduce in lung. Intestinal female worm settlement, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Chronic infection (due to autoinfection) chronic dysentery, weight loss (2-3 weeks post infection) Eradication program (education, water treatment kill water fleas, filtering, drill and maintain wells)
