Coccidians (Lec) Flashcards
Characterized by alternation of generation
Coccidians
Occur in either both on the same host/separate
Coccidians
In variety of nucleated cells
Schizogony (Asexual)
Intestinal mucosa of definitive host
Sporogony (Sexual)
What are the classification of Coccidians?
Intestinal Coccidians
Tissue Coccidians
What is the prevalent in Intestinal Coccidians?
AIDS patient/Immunocompromised persons
Infective stage in Intestinal Coccidians
Oocysts
Diagnostic Stage in Intestinal Coccidians
Oocysts demonstrated in feces
What are included in Intestinal Coccidian Group?
Cystoisospora
Cryptosporidium
Cyclospora
Sarcocystis
What are included in Tissue Coccidian Group?
Toxoplasma
Other name for Cystoisospora belli
Isospora belli
It is a coccidian parasite in which can cause diarrhea in humans
Cystoisospora belli
Cytoisospora belli was originally described by? In what year?
Virchow,1860
Cytoisospora belli was named in ____
1923
Where does the name Belli came from? And what does it mean?
Bellium, war
It is more common in tropical and subtropical countries
Cystoisospora belli
Clinical Symptoms of Cystoisospora belli
diarrhea(most common)
weight loss
abdominal pain
fever
Cystoisospora belli is severe among __________ hosts, particullary those with ____
immunocompromised, AIDS
In epidemiology of Cystoisospora belli, it is more common in tropical and subtropical countries aith poor sanitary conditions.
Cosmopolitan
It is the known host of C. belli
Humans
it is were observed in the gastric mucosal crypts of laboratory mice
Cryptosporidium parvum