05 - Trypanosomes Flashcards
1
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(Hemoflagellates)

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2
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- T. Cruzi causes what?

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- American trypanomiasis (Chagas’ disease)
3
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(Trypanosoma Cruzi)
- What are the direct hosts?
- reservoir hosts?
- intermediate?
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- humans, dogs, primates
- armadillos (mostly)
- kissing bugs

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5
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(Trypanosoma Cruzi)
when the feed they poop into wound

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6
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(Transmission of T. Cruzi to Humans and Dogs)
- What is the most significant route?
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- trypanosome infected bug feces rubbed into bite wound or intact mucous membranes

7
Q
- are there acute and chronic phases in canine chagas?
A
yes

8
Q
don’t worry much about these
(Trichomonas Vaginalis)
1-3. how do you diagnose?

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- blood smears (in acute phase)
- serologic tests
- xenodiagnosis

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10
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(African Trypanosomiasis)
know the NAGANA thing!
- transmitted by what?

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- tsetse flies (Glossina spp.)
11
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I don’t think I’ll need to know this

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but know this i think…. similar to previous cycle

12
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(Nagana)
- what are the hosts?
A
- antelopes and other native ruminants (CATTLE!!!)

13
Q

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don’t typically die! believe it or not!

14
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(NAgana)
- severity of disease depends on what?
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- trypanosome spp. and host susceptibility

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16
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(Other trypanosomes)
- what causes “Surra” in horses (and camels and deer)?
- transmitted by what?
- disease similar to what?
- What causes “Dourine”/”mal du coit” in horses and donkeys?
- what type of disease?
A
- T. evansi
- tabanid and stable flies
- T. brucei
- T. equiperdum
- venereal
