Title: Worm Diseases
Headings: 
Worm Diseases
Schistosomiasis, Taeniasis, Cysticercosis, Ascariasis and Ancylostomiasis Explained
The Main Human Worm Diseases
1. What are worm infections?
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2. What are the most important worm infections?
Schistosomiasis
3. What is schistosomiasis?
4. How can schistosomes be classified regarding sex separation?
5. What is the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni? Where does that host live?
6. What is the life cycle of the schistosome?
7. What are the main phases and clinical manifestations of schistosomiasis?
8. What are the main prophylactic measures against schistosomiasis?
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Taeniasis and Cysticercosis
9. What are taenias? What diseases are caused by them?
10. How do taenias classify according to the division of sexes?
11. What are the two main species of taenia that cause human diseases?
12. How do tapeworms obtain food and carry out gas exchange?
13. What are the segments that form the body of the tapeworm called? What is their function?
14. Concerning their respective intermediate hosts, how different are Taenia solium and Taenia saginata?
15. What is the life cycle of a tapeworm?
16. What is the difference between taeniasis and cysticercosis?
17. If a person eats raw or undercooked meat infected by Taenia solium or Taenia saginata will this person develop taeniasis or cysticercosis?
18. How does self-infection by tapeworms occur?
19. What are some prophylactic measures for tapeworm infections?
Ascariasis
20. What is ascaris? What is the disease caused by this worm?
21. How do ascaris obtain food?
22. Does Ascaris lumbricoides have an intermediate host?
23. What is the life cycle of ascaris?
24. What are the main symptoms of the pulmonary and intestinal phases of ascaris infestation?
25. What are some prophylactic measures against ascariasis?
Ancylostomiasis
26. What is ancylostomiasis?
27. Which typical feature of hookworms is related to the way they obtain food and explore the host?
28. Are hookworms monoxenous or heteroxenous?
29. What is the life cycle of hookworms?
30. What are the main prophylactic measures against hookworm disease?

Content: Ascariasis
20. What is ascaris? What is the disease caused by this worm? Ascaris, or Ascaris lumbricoides, is an animal of the nematode phylum; or rather, a roundworm. Ascaris causes ascariasis, a common worm infection of the intestine. 21. How do ascaris obtain food? Ascaris live within the human gut and feed on the food ingested by the infected person. 22.