Why are parasitic worm infections so difficult to treat?

Q: How does the tapeworm body plan support widespread dissemination of the parasites?

A: Platyhelminthes is a phylum of animals that contain all the flatworms such as the tapeworm. These…

Q: What are liver flukes a danger to human welfare? What about tapeworms? Why are tapeworms a problem…

A: Parasites are organisms that live in other organisms of another species. This type of relationship…

Q: What animal group has been most affected by chytrids?

A: Chytrids belong to the kingdom Fungi and are saprotrophs. The process of reproduction is carried out…

Q: What is the life cycle of atapeworm?

A: Tapeworms belong to the category of parasitic worms and also involves a larval stage in the process…

Q: How do flatworms affect human health and welfare?

A: Worms that are present in the phylum Platyhelminthes such as planarians, tapeworms, flukes are…

Q: Are leeches predators or parasites? What reasons would you give for both possibilities?

A: In ecology, predation is the term use to define those organisms who feeds on other organism.…

Q: What do you suppose the worm is seeking or avoiding?

A: Worms belong to the Lophotrochozoan Branch of the protostomes.

Q: What are examples of nematodes?

A: Nematodes play vital ecological roles as parasites, predators, and decomposers of small organisms.…

Q: What are Roundworms ? What role do they play ?

A: The group of eukaryotic, multicellular, and heterotrophic organisms is classified under the kingdom…

Q: In Platyhelminthes, what are the advantages/disadvantages of being a parasite? Free living? Why is…

A: Platyhelminthes are the simplest bilaterally symmetrical triploblastic animals. They are also called…

Q: How does self infection bytapeworms occur?

A: Tapeworms are parasites that live in intestine of infected person. It has a tape like shape hence…

Q: What are the diseases caused by the tapeworm

A: There are a number of diseases caused by tapeworm. These diseases are not only caused in human but…

Q: How are parasitic infections usually diagnosed?

A: Parasitic infections persists worldwide but often associated with tropical areas and temperate…

Q: What are the main human diseases caused by roundworms?

A: The roundworms are the parasites that usually live in the intestine. It is contagious through…

Q: How do giant tube worms receive their nutrition?

A: Giant tube worm is a completely marine invertebrate located under the phylum annelida.  It has a…

Q: What is Ringworm? What are the different types of ringworm?

A: Pathogens are the living organisms that cause infections in other animals.

Q: What general type of multicellular parasite is composed primarily ofthin sacs of reproductive…

A: The general type of multicellular parasite which is composed of primarily of thin sacs of…

Q: How do humans get infected with parasitic nematodes? Discuss two routes of transmission in humans.

A: Eggs of the parasite are excreted along with the faeces of the infected person which contaminate…

Q: Which nematode infects the roots of tobacco plant and causes a great reduction in yield?

A: Nematodes or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. They are triploblasts and occur as parasites…

Q: Why do we still refer to a giant clam as a metazoan?

A: Protozoans are the unicellular primitive organisms and are eukaryotes. Some of them are free-living…

Q: Do tapeworms have a complicated digestive system? Can they be transferred through undercooked red…

A: Introduction :- Tapeworms are the invertebrates , that belongs to the phylum platyhelminthes and…

Q: Are flatworms monoecious or dioecious?

A: Monoecious are those organisms that contain both female as well as male reproductive organs. They…

Q: What is the role of the cuticle in the successful propagation of nematodes?

A: Nematodes belong to the phylum Nematoda under the Animalia kingdom. These are free living and…

Q: What is the difference between Tapeworm and Ring worm?

A: Animals are the multicellular organisms . They are classified as vertebrates and invertebrates on…

Q: What are the mostimportant worm infections?

A: Worms are basically characterized by the presence of a cylindrical body and the absence of limbs and…

Q: How is ornithosis transmitted?

A: The causative agent is Chlamydia psittaci. It is a Gram negative bacterium. It is a nonmotile,…

Q: What are the importance of trematodes/flukes in ecology?

A: * Trematoda is class belongs to phylum Platyhelminthes with including two groups of parasitic…

Q: Are all flatworms parasite? What are some of the special adaptations seen in the parasitic classes…

A: About 80% flatworms parasitic in nature. Parasitic adaptation  enhance the survival and reproduction…

Q: What are the more important worm infestations? What are their manifestations?

A: Intestinal infection is caused by parasites of intestine like worms. These worms feed off host's…

Q: In what ways do the characteristics of parasitic flatworms differ from those free-living planaria?

A: Platyhelminthes are also known as flat worms. They are mostly parasites but some are free-living.…

Q: The embryonic development in nematodes can have up to __________ larval stages. a. one b. two c.…

A: Nematodes belong to phylum nemathelminthes and class nematoda. Most nematodes are free living in…

Q: Describe any problems or benefits associated with turbellarian worms?

A: Turbellaria have evolved to a variety of settings, and many species are resistant to harsh…

Q: Why are nematodes ubiquitous and numerous? What is the role of their cuticle in their  successful…

A: Nematode worms are among the most ubiquitous organisms on the earth and  They include free-living…

Q: What causes ringworm in humans?

A: Communicable diseases: - these diseases are caused by pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, fungi,…

Q: Describe the life cycle of the parasitic nematode? What is the advantage of it making an infected…

A: Kingdom – Animalia, Phylum – Nematoda Nematodes are eukaryotic, multicellular organisms that obtain…

Q: What is the purpose of beneficial nematodes?

A: Beneficial nematodes fight soil-borne insect pests without harming earthworms, plants, animals, or…

Q: If you are a community health worker, what would be your plans to combat parasitic nematodes?

A: Pathogenic microbes are they microbes which have ability to cause disease in the host .  Pathogenic…

Q: Which worms can be found in the eye? Which cause blindness?

A: Step 1 Eye worms are most often the type of parasite that may be lodge in an individual’s eyes or…

Q: Are nematodes exclusively parasites?

A: Nematoda belongs to phylum Nemata, previously named Phylum Nemathelminthes or Phylum Aschelminthes.…

Q: What are the peculiar features that you find in parasitic platyhelminthes?

A: Phylum Platyhelminthes include flat worms. These organisms have dorso-ventrally flattened body and…

Q: What are worm infections?

A: Parasites are the infectious agents which belong to multicellular organisms and some are…

Q: . What is Ringworm? What are the different types of ringworm?

A: Ringworm is A highly contagious fungal infection of the skin or scalp. Ringworm is spread by…

Q: “If you will be a parasite, what would you like to be and why?”

A: A living thing (such as a flea, worm, or fungus) that lives in or on another living thing and feeds…

Q: What horrible thing happens to corals that are exposed to too much warm water?

A: Coral is a heard structure formed  by some Nedarian( anthozoa group). It is a deposition of calcium…

Parasitic infections

A parasite is an organism that lives in the body of another organism and obtains food at the expense of the host. There are two kinds of parasites they are internal and external. An internal parasite lives inside another organism and is known as endoparasite. An external parasite lives on the body surface of the host and is known as an ectoparasite.