Chapter 6 page 16 Flashcards
1
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Cross-immunity:
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parasite generates an immune response that impacts another antigen-related parasite
2
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Avoiding the host immunity response:
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- Parasite survives for a long time
- Example, adult schistosoma: live for 3-6 years, passes eggs 20 years after.
3
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What parasites do to avoid detection:
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- Hide in ‘safe’ house
- Stay quiet and don’t draw attention to themselves
- Camouflage
- Changing disguise frequently
- Put out false information
- Neutralise any threats.
4
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Babesia
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prob suffering with AIDS
5
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Hepatocytes
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in the liver and RBC and both intracellular and extracellular stages.
6
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Malaria:
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Plasmodium berghei
7
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————in the midgut of Anopheles albimanus prevent Plasmodium vivax from completing its development in the mosquito
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Serratia marcesans
Enterobacter spp
8
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HIV-1
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worldwide
9
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HIV-2
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West Africa
