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Ascaris lumbricoides

 

 

ACROSS

1.     A. lumbricoides can be distinguished from A. suum by these morphological features (9)

2.     Eggs produced by A. lumbricoides can remain viable in this medium (4)

3.     Number of Ascaris species infecting humans (3)

4.     Common disease caused by A. lumbricoides (10)

5.     Person, who, in 1922, swallowed around 2000 A. lumbricoides eggs and passed 667 worms after taking antihelminthic drugs (5)

6.     A. lumbricoides eggs may adhere to the surface of one of these facilitating transmission. (4)

7.     Order into which A. lumbricoides is classified (10)

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1.    One of the organs infected by A. lumbricoides larvae (5)

2.    Name of lipoprotein inner layer of the fertilised egg shell (10)

3.    Common name for A. lumbricoides (9)

4.    A. lumbricoides is more prevalent in this group (8)

5.    Type of samples used to identify A. lumbricoides (6)

6.    A vehicle for transmission of  A. lumbricoides eggs (4)

 

REFERENCES

• Colier, L., Balows, A., Sussman, M., (1998). Topley & Wilson’s, Microbiology and Microbial Infections. Volume 5, Parasitology, Ninth Edition, New York. Oxford University Press. Chapter 29, pp 561-584.
• Murray, P. R., et al, (2002). Medical Microbiology. Fourth Edition, USA. Mosby Inc. Chapter 77. pp 728-743.

 

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