__ blood film for specific diagnosis of species

• Immunochromatographic methods to detect the _____ in blood

serology (detected _______) and PCR

Treatment of malarial attacks:

Resistant malaria P. falciparum showing drug resistant, and treated with quinine alone or with combination with other drugs

Worms of humans,

Platyhelminthes are flatworms that are dorsoventrally Nattened in cross section and are (hermaphroditic)

All medically important species belong to

tapeworms, are flat and have a ribbon-like chain of segments (proglottids)

proglottids) containing______ reproductive structures

Adult tapeworms can reach lengths of

Posterior end of an adult tapeworm is the scolex

Adult tapeworms have no mouth or gut and absorb their nutrients directly from their host through their integument

Humans are the only definitive hosts for Taenia saginata and Taenia solium

the eggs can’t survive for days to months in the environment

• Cattle (T. solium) and pigs (T. saginata)

In the ________ intestine , the cysticercus develops over 2 months into an adult tapeworm , which can survive for years