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1
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A child dies of _____ every 30 seconds in Africa.

A

malaria

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2
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What is the annual human infections / death rates for all helminths?

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4.465 billion infections / few deaths

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3
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What is the annual human infections/death rates for ascaris?

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1472 million infected / 60 thousand deaths

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4
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What is the annual human infections/death rates for hookworms?

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1298 million infected / 65 thousand deaths

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5
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What is the annual human infections/death rates for trichuris?

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1049 million infected / 60 thousand deaths

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6
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What is the annual human infections/death rates for filarial worms?

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657 million infected / 20-50+ thousand deaths

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7
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What is the annual human infections/death rates for schistosomes?

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200 million infected / 0.5-1 million deaths

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8
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What is the annual human infections/death rates for malaria?

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689 million infected / 1-2 million deaths

(150 million new cases per year)

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9
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What is the annual human infections/death rates for chagas disease?

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18 million infected / 50+ thousand deaths

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10
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What is the annual human infections/death rates for entameoba histolytica?

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50 million infected / 40 thousand deaths

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11
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What is the annual human infections/death rates for HIV/AIDS infection?

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50-60 million infected / 8 million (estimated) deaths

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12
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What is the number of children in the US infected with worms?

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about 55 million

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13
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What are the extremely successful organisms in the world today?

A

ticks and mosquitoes

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14
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What is the definition of parasitism?

A

symbiotic relationship in which the parasite is metabolically dependent on the host

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15
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what is the definition of symbiosis?

A

heterospecific organisms living together

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16
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Which species is the host in a symbiotic relationship?

A

the larger species

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17
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Which species is the symbiont in a symbiotic relationship?

A

the smaller species

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18
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what is phoresis?

A

symbiont carried by host

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19
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what is an example of phoresis?

A

pollen on bee leg

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20
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what is commensalism?

A

symbiont shares food

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21
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what is an example of commensalism?

A

anemone and clownfish

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22
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what is mutualism?

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symbiont and host metabolically dependent on each other

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23
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what is an example of mutualism?

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fungus and alga

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24
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what is a key feature of parasitism?

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metabolic dependency

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25
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what are the general characteristics of parasites?

A

show degrees of host specificity based on:
1) physiological specificity
2) ecological specificity

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26
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What is the only insect host for the malaria parasite?

A

Anopheles mosquitoes

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27
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Why are Anopheles mosquitoes suitable hosts for malaria?

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1) biochemically suitable (pH, nutrients, osmolarity)
2) immunologically tolerant

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28
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Some Anopheles are _______.

A

zoophilic

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29
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About how many species of Anopheles mosquitoes commonly transmit malaria to humans in nature?

A

30 - 40 species

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30
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When there is a protective antigen produced by the body, what is the fate of the parasite?

A

parasite killed

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31
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When there is a nonprotective antigen produced by the body, what is the fate of the parasite?

A

parasite lives

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32
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When there are immunodominant nonprotective antigens produced by the body, what is the fate of the parasite?

A

parasite lives

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33
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When there is an antigenic variation (expression of a new antigen), when the antibodies attack, what happens?

A

antibodies don’t recognize the new antigen

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34
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What is antigen mimicry?

A

parasite is viewed as “self” (good) antigen and able to be absorbed (or synthesized) from host

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35
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What is a major cause of harm?

A

immunopathology

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36
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what is hypersensitivity?

A

overstimulation of the immune system that leads to tissue damage (tissue damage often due to inflammation)

37
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what are host proinflammatory molecules (given examples)?

38
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what is an example of occupation of privileged site?

A

blood cells (no MHC proteins on RBC)

39
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what is occupation of privileged site?

A

antibody cannot cross membrane

40
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what is immunosuppression?

A

may protect host from hypersensitivity (avoids clearance)

41
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What is an example of a harmful effect on host for competition for nutrients?

A

megaloblastic anemia due to competition for vitamin B12 by tapeworm

42
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what is an example of mechanical interference?

A

blockage of bile ducts by liver flukes

43
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what is an example of hypersensitivity?

A

elephantiasis due to immune-mediated destruction of lymphatic vessels

44
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what is an example of destruction/alteration of tissues?

A

destruction of nasal septum by Leishmania braziliensis

45
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What does tremendous biotic potential do?

A

offsets the improbability of completing a complex life cycle

46
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How do adult worms compensate for tremendous biotic potential?

A

lay 1000000 eggs/day

47
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What do the “best parasites” do?

A

live in relative harmony w/host

48
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what is the term for the offspring of parasites?

49
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what is the definition of obligate?

A

host required for survival or life cycle

50
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what is an example of obligate?

A

tapeworms + female mosquitoes

51
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what is the definition of facultative?

A

free living organism (parasite)

52
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what is an example of facultative?

A

Naegleria fowleri (brain eating amoeba)

53
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what is the definition of accidental (referring to type of parasite)?

A

parasite in wrong host (usually dies)

54
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what is an example of accidental parasite location?

A

dermatitis caused by avian schistosomes (usually carried by ducks + geese)

55
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what is the definition of endoparasite?

A

live inside human

56
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what is the definition of ectoparasite?

A

live on outside on body surface

57
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what is an example of ectoparasite?

A

Anopheles mosquito

58
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what is a hyperparasite?

A

parasite of a parasite

59
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what is an example of a hyperparasite?

A

Anopheles mosquito bites human infected with plasmodium

60
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What is a definitive host?

A

a host where sexual reproduction occurs

61
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what is a reservoir host?

A

alternative (to human) definitive host

62
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what is zoonosis?

A

infection of human by animal parasite

63
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what is an intermediate host?

A

asexual reproduction or development

64
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what is paratenic host?

A

transport only (no reproduction/development occurs)

65
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What is usually the most important host in nature?

66
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what are the characteristics of protozoa?

A
  • eukaryotes
  • unicellular parasites
  • absorb/ingest organic chemicals
  • may be motile (via pseudopods, cilia or flagella) or non-motile
67
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What is needed for diagnosis of malaria/plasmodium?

A

“O” trophozoite ring

68
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what are parasitic flatworms and roundworms called?

69
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What is an example of multicellular parasite?

A

flatworms + round worms

70
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what are the 7 eukaryotic “lineages” or kingdoms?

A
  • excavata
  • amebozoa
  • alveolata
  • stramenopila
  • rhizaria
  • plantae
  • opistholomta
71
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what are the 3 domains of life?

A

bacteria, archaea, and eukarya

72
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what are the kingdoms with human parasites?

A
  • excavata
  • amebozoa
  • alveolata
  • stramenopila
  • opistholomta
73
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what 4 kingdoms are protists (single celled)?

A
  • excavata
  • amebozoa
  • alveolata
  • stramenopila
74
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What are the 3 major phyla of parasites of opisthokonts?

A
  • platyhelminthes
  • nematoda
  • arthropoda
75
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what is zoonotic spillover?

A

virus, bacteria, or protozoan spills over from its intended placement to another causing disease

76
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what does sylvatic mean?

77
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what is a vector? (definition)

A

a living organism that transmits an infectious agent from an infected animal to a human oranother animal

78
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Vectors are frequently _______. (what phylum)

A

arthropods

79
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There have been _____ totally novel new or reemerging diseases novel since 1980.

80
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______ percent (or more) of all known infectious diseases in people can be spread from animals.

81
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_____ of every _____ new or emerging infectious diseases in people come from animals.

A

3 of every 4

82
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What is an example of zoonosis?

A

lyme disease

83
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What is the vector of Lyme disease?

A

lxodes scapularis

84
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_____ serve as the amplifying host for Borrelia burgdorferi.

85
Q

what is Borrelia?

A

bacteria that is in ticks that frequently lead to Lyme disease

86
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The CDC already reports an estimated total ofabout ______ cases of Lyme disease per year.

87
Q

AGS is associated with _______ _______.

A

tick bites

88
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who is the Christian pioneer in parasitology?

A

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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