Bancroft Nitchatka

Bancroft's filament is a parasitic worm belonging to the class of trematodes. It was first described by the English physician and parasitologist Joseph Bancroft in 1876.

This parasite attacks the human lymphatic system. Female worms lay eggs, which are carried throughout the body by the lymph current and penetrate under the skin. There, larvae emerge from them, causing severe itching. When scratching the skin, the larvae enter the water or onto plants and infect a new host.

The main method of combating bancroft's filamentous disease is to treat affected patients with anthelmintic drugs. Prevention is also important - preventing parasite eggs from getting into water bodies and onto plants.

Bancroft Nitchatki - a brief overview of scientific activities

Bancroft Nitchatka (J. Bancroft, 1836-1984) was an English parasitologist, founder of a new science, the methods and techniques of which changed previously known views on tropical diseases. Nitchatka contributed to the development of infectious diseases, parasitology, tropical medicine and became the most famous among the first researchers of protozoal infections.

The doctor-writer began his scientific activity by studying new methods for skin diagnosis of nitosidosis. In connection with this, he began to study the causative agents of protozoal infection, one of which is called protozoa, and causes the diagnosis of leptospirosis.

B. Nitka was the first to discover the causative agent of cysticercosis (helminthic disease), which causes parasites. The mechanism of reproduction of this pathogen he discovered is astonishing as