3. Schistosomes
It causes water-borne disease constituting an important public health problem
Dioecious, (sexes are separate) trematodes,
Which lead to schistosomiasis (bilharziasis)
Gynecophoric canal
It is estimated that over 100 milion people are infected
with S. haematobium, S. mansoni, and S. japonicum
The female resides in a groove in the male
5. Life cycle
Adult worm lives in the inferior mesenteric vein.
Habitat
Biomphalaria
Sexual cycle
Asexual cycle
6. Schistosoma Mansoni
Pathogenesis
Most of the pathologic findings are caused by the presence of eggs in the liver, spleen, or wall of
the gut or bladder.
Induce granulomas in liver
Hepatomegaly Portal hypertension
Splenomegaly
S. Mansoni eggs damage the wall of the distal colon
Evolved a remarkable process for evading the host defenses
Their surface becomes coated with host antigens
Stage of Invasion Stage of Migration Stage of Deposition
Dermatitis Pass into the portal circulation
Larva Adult
Granulomas
7. Schistosoma Mansoni
Clinical Findings
Most patients are asymptomatic, but chronic infections may become symptomatic.
The acute stage
The chronic stage
Begins shortly after cercarial penetration
Consists of itching and dermatitis followed 2 to 3 weeks later by fever, chills, diarrhea, lymphadenopathy,
and hepatosplenomegaly
Usually resolves spontaneously
Can cause significant morbidity and mortality
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, hepatomegaly, and massive splenomegaly can develop
The most common cause of death is exsanguination from ruptured esophageal varices
8. Schistosoma Mansoni
Laboratory Diagnosis
Stool Microscopy
Serological Diagnosis
Rectal Biopsy
Imaging
Blood Examination
Detect hepatosplenomegaly and periportal fibrosis
May reveal eosionophilia, and increased levels of alkaline phosphatase
?
12. Leishmania donovani
Pathogenicity
L. donovani causes visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar and Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis
Reticuloendotheliosis resulting from the invasion of reticuloendothelial system
The parasitized macrophages disseminate the infection to all ? parts of the body
Spleen, liver, and bone marrow particularly
The amastigotes multiply enormously in the fixed macrophages to produce a ‘blockade’ of the
reticuloendothelial system
Incubation period of 2 weeks - 6 months
13. Leishmania donovani
Pathogenicity
Spleen:
The spleen is the most affected organ
Enlarged and the capsule is thickened
Soft and friable and cuts easily due to absence of fibrosis.
Cut section is red or chocolate in color
Liver:
The Kupffer cells and vascular endothelial cells are heavily parasitized, but hepatocytes are not affected
Liver function ?
The liver is enlarged
The sinusoidal capillaries are dilated and engorged ‘nutmeg’
appearance
14. Leishmania donovani
Pathogenicity
Bone marrow:
Heavily infiltrated with parasitized macrophages, which may crowd the hematopoietic tissues
Severe anemia with hemoglobin levels of 5–10 g/dL may occur in Kala-azar
WBCs ?
Secondary infections
Reduced activity
15. Leishmania donovani
Clinical Features of Kala-Azar
The onset is typically insidious. The clinical illness begins with fever
Splenomegaly
Hepatomegaly and lymphadenopathy
Skin becomes dry, rough, and darkly pigmented
Kala-azar
Cachexia with marked anemia
Epistaxis and bleeding from gums are common
Untreated patients die in about 2 years ?
16. Leishmania donovani
Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis
About 3–10% cases of patients of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas develop PKD
PKDL is a nonulcerative lesion of skin. The lesions are of 3 types
Depigmented macules
Erythematous patches
Nodular lesion
17. Leishmania donovani
Laboratory Diagnosis
Diagnosis is usually made by detecting ? in a bone marrow, spleen, or lymph node biopsy
The organisms can also be cultured
Skin test
Serologic (indirect immunofluorescence) tests are
positive in mostpatients.
18. Laboratory diagnosis
Clinical significance
Main properties
Organism
Stool Microscopy
Rectal Biopsy
Serological Diagnosis
Imaging
Schistosomiasis disease (bilharziasis)
Trematodes
Sexes are separate
Schistosoma
Mansoni
Examination of bone marrow,
lymph node or splenic
aspirates, peripheral blood for
amastigotes
PCR
Kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis)
Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis
2 forms (amastigotes,
promastigotes)
Definitive host: Human
Vector: Female sandfly
(Phlebotomus species).
Leishmania
donovani
Summary
20. Reference
Warren E. Levinson (2014) Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 13th edn., New
York, United States: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe.
Neal R. Chamberlain ( 2009) Medical Microbiology: The Big Picture, New York, United States:
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe.
Sougata Ghosh, C. K. Jayaram Paniker (2013) Paniker's Textbook of Medical Parasitology, 7th
edn., Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., 2013..
Editor's Notes
The male worm is broader than the female
The male has 6 to 9 testes, and the male genital pore opens ventrally, immediately posterior to the ventral sucker.
Female has a single ovary located in the anterior portion of the body.
The skin is covered with many tubercles. Have 2 suckers oral and ventral
In the gravid female, the uterus contains very few eggs, usually 1–3 only. The prepatent period (the interval between cercarial penetration and beginning of egg laying) is 4–5 weeks.
The egg has a characteristic lateral spine, more near to the rounded posterior end. The eggs are non operculated and yellowish brown.
The epidemiology of schistosomiasis depends on the presence of the specific freshwater snails that serve as intermediate hosts.
Mesenteric veins of the connections of the small intestine to the posterior abdominal membranes lining the cavity provide an anatomic site for these organisms to colonize
Eggs may be emitted through either the bladder or through the intestine
Sexual cycle Definitive host
Asexual cycle Intermediate hosts
due both to digestion of tissue by proteolytic enzymes produced by the egg and to the host inflammatory response that forms granulomas in the venules
Schistosomes have evolved a remarkable process for evading the host defenses. There is evidence that their surface becomes coated with host antigens, thereby limiting
the ability of the immune system to recognize them as foreign.
Eosinophilia is seen in response to the migrating larvae
A mastigote form: Rounded form multiplies in macrophages and other phagocytic cells in internal organs, skin or mucocutaneous tissues.
Promastigote form: flagellated highly motile form of the parasite, found in sand fly vectors and in vitro cultures. It multiplies in the gut of the sand fly
characterised by the presence of an organelle with a large massed DNA called kinetoplast (hence the name).
Definitive host: Man, dog, and other mammals. reservoir of infection
Vector: Female sandfly (Phlebotomus species).
Infective form: Promastigote form present in midgut of female sandfly
. This leads to a marked proliferation and destruction of reticuloendothelial tissue in these organs.
the organs of the reticuloendothelial system (liver, spleen, and bone marrow)
The striking enlargement of the spleen is due to a combination of proliferating macrophages and sequestered blood cells. The marked increase in IgG is neither specific nor protective.
Blood cell production in the bone marrow is greatly depressed. the patient becomes anemic, leucopenic and thrombocytopenic with many a mastigotes in macrophages.
Most untreated patients die in about 2 years, due to some intercurrent disease such as dysentery, diarrhea, and tuberculosis
Patients who recovered from visceral Leishmaniasis are immune to reinfection.