User:Bizabeth/sandbox

To Elizabeth: 7-23-2019

Trichuris trichiura is a protozoa that infects the intestines[1]. It can cause many different symptoms and can lead to death. Trichuris trichiura is classified as a Protozoa, and also a parasite. Trichuris trichiura lives in the soil in egg stage. Once it is ingested it develops into larvae stage. Finally maturing into the adult stage in the intestines. The parasite will mainly live in the soil until it is ingested. [1]

There are several symptoms that Trichuris trichiura can cause. It can cause serious public health issues like Trichuris dysentery syndrome (TDS), chronic dysentery, anemia, rectal prolapse, poor growth, and clubbed fingers.[2]These are serious health problems that should be addressed as soon as possible. It can be treated through repeated doctor visits and the use of oral iron.[2] Overall, this disease is very serious and should not be ignored.

Trichuris trichiura can be treated with 1 dose of abendazole.[3] In Kenya, they took children who were sick with Trichuris trichiura andgave half of them abendazol, while the other children received placebos.[3]They found that the children who received the drug grew significantly better than the group of children who did not receive the treatment. Another treatment that can be used is mebendazole.[4]These medication have been shown to lessen the infection by of this protozoa through paralization. The medication interferes with the parasite’s nutrient intake, which eventually leads to death.[4]

Something a little more interesting is, a closely related species called Trichuris suis that typically infects pigs, was able to infect humans. They also experimented to see if T. trichiura would be able to infect pigs, which it does.[5] This shows that the two species have very close evolutionary traits. Although the morphology and developmental stages remain different, which makes them two seperate species[5]

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For your final contribution onto the wiki page there is no need to state that Trichuris trichiura is not gram positive or gram negative. I would start with the sentence stating that it is a protozoa. Instead of saying it is a protozoa, which is a parasite I would say "it is a protozoa, and also a parasite" - not all protozoa are parasites.

In your second paragraph don't directly quote Stephens paraphrase his list - so something like "T. trichiura infections can lead to Trichuris dysentary syndrome (TDS), chronic dysentary, recall prolapse, anemia, and even clubbed fingers" then add the citation to give Stephens the credit rather than directly naming him. In your third paragraph you summarize the research (half of the kids were given the drug) and then you directly quote the article - loose the quote your previous sentence gave us all the info we need and just use the citation so if the reader wants more info they know where to go. Also the last sentence you say "this has been proven" I would instead write "these medications have been shown" this has been proven is not proper grammar it would be " these medications are proven" and the word shown is a better way to link data to conclusions as a scientist we are taught to never use the word prove as it is too definitive. 7-10-2019 Final contribution

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Trichuris trichiura is neither gram positive or negative. It is a parasite that infects the intestines. It can cause many different symptoms and can lead to death. Trichuris trichiura is classified as a Protozoa, which is a parasite. Trichuris trichiura lives in the soil in egg stage. Once it is ingested it develops into larvae stage. Finally maturing into the adult stage in the intestines. The parasite will mainly live in the soil until it is ingested.

There are several symptoms that Trichuris trichiura can cause. According to Stephenson, it can cause “Trichuris dysentery syndrome (TDS), chronic dysentery, rectal prolapse, anemia, poor growth, and clubbed fingers, which are serious public health issues”. These are serious health problems that should be addressed as soon as possible. It can be treated through repeated doctor visits and the use of oral iron. Overall, this disease is very serious and should not be ignored.

Trichuris trichiura can be treated with 1 dose of abendazole. In Kenya, they took children who were sick with Trichuris trichiura and gave half of them abendazol, while the other children received placebos. “Children were allocated at random to placebo (PL, n = 72) or albendazole (A, n = 78) groups, treated, and re-examined 6 months later.” They found that the children who received the drug grew significantly better than the group of children who did not receive the treatment. Another treatment that can be used is mebendazole. This has been proven to lessen the infection by of this protozoa through paralization. The medication interferes with the parasite’s nutrient intake, which eventually leads to death.

Something that is a little more interesting is, a closely related species called Trichuris suis that typically infects pigs, was able to infect humans. They also experimented to see if T. trichiura would be able to infect pigs, which it does. This shows that the two species have very close evolutionary traits. Although the morphology and developmental stages remain different, which makes them two seperate species

7-5-2019

Trichuris trichiura is neither gram positive or negative. It is a parasite that infects the intestines. Can cause many different symptoms and can lead to death.

Trichuris trichiura lives in the soil in egg stage. Once it is ingested it develops into larvae stage. Finally maturing into adult stage in the intestine. The parasite will mainly live in the soil til ingested.

There are several symptoms that Trichuris trichiura can cause. According to Stephenson, it can cause “Trichuris dysentery syndrome (TDS), chronic dysentery, rectal prolapse, anemia, poor growth, and clubbed fingers, which are serious public health issues”. These are some serious health problems that need to be addressed right away. The treatment can be repeated doctor visits and “use of oral iron” Overall, this disease is very serious and should not be turned away.

Trichuris trichiura can be treated with 1 dose of abendazole. In Kenya, they took children who were sick, (take out comma and write "and") gave some of them abendazol (maybe write "while the others got placebos) and the others placebos. “Children were allocated at random to placebo (PL, n = 72) or albendazole (A, n = 78) groups, treated, and re-examined 6 months later.” They found that the children who received the drug grew significantly better than the group of children who did not receive the treatment. Another treatment that can be used is mebendazole. This has been proven to lessen the infection by paralization. The medication interferes with the parasite’s nutrient intake. This eventually leads to death for the parasite.

Something (that is) a little more interesting, is that (take out "that") a closely related species (called) Trichuris suis that typically infects pigs, (take out comma and write "and") was able to infect humans. As well as the opposite being true, T. trichiura being able to infect pigs (??). This shows that the two species have very close evolutionary traits. Although the morphology and developmental stages remain different, which makes them two seperate species

6-28-2019 making an outline for my contribution

There are several different symptoms that Trichuris trichiura can cause. According to Stephenson, it can cause “Trichuris dysentery syndrome (TDS), chronic dysentery, rectal prolapse, anemia, poor growth, and clubbed fingers, which are serious public health issues”.2 These are some serious health problems that need to be addressed right away. The treatment can be repeated doctor visits and “use of oral iron”2.

It can also be treated with “1 dose of abendazole”. In Kenya, they took children who were sick, gave some of them abendazol and the others placebos. “Children were allocated at random to placebo (PL, n = 72) or albendazole (A, n = 78) groups, treated, and re-examined 6 months later.” They found that the children who received the drug grew significantly better than the group of children who did not receive the treatment.

Something a little more interesting, is that a closely related species Trichuris suis that typically infects pigs, was able to infect humans. As well as the opposite being true, T. trichiura being able to infect pigs.1 This shows that the two species have very close evolutionary traits. Although the morphology and developmental stages remain different, which makes them two seperate species1.

6-16-2019 adding a citation for later use.

Sever cases can cause Trichuris dysentery syndrome (TDS), chronic dysentery, rectal prolapse, anemia, poor growth, and clubbed fingers, which are serious public health issues. 2

6-16-2019 adding 3 sources for later use.

6-20-2019 I added a new source, one of my own, to a sentence in the wiki page.

7/9 This is Brianna. Awesome job on typing the parasite correctly. I would recommend reading this out loud because there are some grammar issues that I made bold. I am assuming the numbers after some words with periods mean that they are citation. If you can, define some of the big words like "paralization". There are 3 paragraphs so 3 interesting facts. You have the correct amount of sentences per paragraph (3-4). You have where it lives and its a parasite so no gram positive or negative. You have more than 3 citations and when I click on the number for some of the citations, the reference pops up. Your tone is mostly factual based than opinion, which is good I believe. I believe someone can come across this easily and have understanding of what you're saying.

Overall, work on some grammar. You can use my suggestions or not, totally up to you. Your sources are good and citing is not an issue. Nice work!

7-10 to Brianna,

Thank you, i reviewed my grammar errors and used some of your suggestions. Yes the numbers in the parenthesis after a sentence are my citations just like yours are.