Question

What are the usual routes of entry into the human body for helminth infections?

Answer 1

Helminth:

1. Helminth are parasitic in nature that is they completely depend on the host for shelter and food.
2. Helminth affect the growth and metabolism of the host organisms.
3. Helminth are found in the intestine of humans and other animals. Example: Roundworms, Nematodes, etc.

Helminth infections are transmitted through the following ways:

Water:

1. Helminth infections are transmitted through unhygienic water that is contaminated by fecal matter of infected persons with helminth, as they lay thousands of eggs which will be microscopic, the eggs and worms both have the capacity to cause disease.
2. Example: fascioliasis, cercarial dermatitis.

Soil:

1. Helminth infections are transmitted through the soil that is contaminated by unhygienic water causes disease and also barefoot stepping on soil can cause helminth infection.
2. Example: Lymphatic filariasis, dracunculiasis.

Vector:

1. Helminth infections are transmitted through some vectors such as mosquitoes can cause helminths diseases.
2. Example: Chikungunya fever, Zika virus fever.

Blood transfusion:

1. Helminth infections are transmitted through blood transmitted through the infected person can cause a helminths infection.
2. Example: Malaria, toxoplasmosis.