4: PARASITOLOGY Flashcards
1
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- Main focus of the Parasite-Host Relationship
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Recognition of these relationship
Search for patterns of the relationships
Development of methodologies to study these patterns.
2
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- Parasite that cannot survive outside of a host.
- Ex. Virus
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OBLIGATORY PARASITE
3
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- Parasite that is capable of existing independently of a host
- Ex. Strongyloides
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FACULTATIVE PARASITE
4
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- Parasite that is established inside of a host
- Ex. Plasmodium
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ENDOPARASITE
5
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- Parasite that is established in or on the exterior surface of a host
- Ex. Fleas
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ECTOPARASITE
6
Q
- Host other than the normal one that is harboring a parasite
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ACCIDENTAL OR INCIDENTAL HOST
7
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- Host in which the adult sexual phase of parasite development occurs
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DEFINITIVE HOST
8
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- Host harboring parasites that are parasitic for humans and from which humans may become infected
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RESERVOIR HOST
9
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- Host responsible for transferring a parasite from one location to another
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TRANSPORT HOST/PARATENIC/PHORETIC
10
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- Host in which the larval asexual phase of parasite development occurs
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INTERMEDIATE HOST
11
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Parasite-harboring host that is not exhibiting any clinical symptoms but can infect others
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CARRIER
12
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- Living together; the association of two living organisms, each of a different species
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SYMBIOSIS
13
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- Association of two different species of organisms that is beneficial to one at the other’s expense
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PARASITISM
14
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- Association of two different species of organisms that is beneficial to one and neutral to the other
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COMMENSALISM
15
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- Relating to commensalism; the association between two different organisms in which one benefits and has a neutral effect on the other
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COMMENSAL