Exam 2 - Parasites and Viruses Flashcards
parasite definition
an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other’s expense
ectoparasites
arthropods like scabies, lice
endoparasites
protozoa, helminths
definitive host definition
a host in which the parasite reaches sexual maturity and undergoes reproduction
intermediate definition
a host in which the parasite undergoes larval development but does not reach sexual maturity
vector definition
living transmitters of disease involved in essential steps of parasitic life cycle
reservoir definition
an ecological system in which an infectious agent survives indefinitely and is a source of parasites in the environment. Includes all component host populations, including that of any intermediate host or vector
lice aka
pediculus
pediculus capitis spread
direct contact
pediculus pubis/humanus spread
sexual contact with pubic hair, body lice
pediculus treatment
Lindane, permethrin lotion/shampoo, wash bedding in heat
scabies aka
sarcoptes scabei
what are scabies
microscopic mites that are spread via direct, prolonged skin-skin contact and reproduce on the skin and then burrow
scabies ssx
bumps appearing in a row, often between finger webbing. Pruritic, worse at night
scabies tx
permethrin
2 types of free-living amoeba
acanthamoeba, naegleria fowleri
acanthamoeba mechanism
enters body through cuts, wounds, nostrils
where is acanthamoeba found
soil, fresh/brackish/seawater
acanthamoeba risk factor
contact lenses
what does acanthamoeba cause
rare but severe infections of eye, skin, CNS (keratitis and granulomatous encephalitis - fatal)
what does naegleria fowleri cause
rare and fatal brain infection
where is n. fowleri found
warm freshwater lakes, rivers, hotsprings, soil (thermophilic)
n. fowleri mechanism
enters body through nostrils
protozoa characteristics
opportunistic pathogens, eukaryotes, unicellular, mobile, complex lifecycles
GI/GU protozoa examples
giardia, entamoeba, cryptosporidium, trichomonas
CNS protozoa examples
toxoplasma, trypanosomiasis, naegleria fowleri
blood protozoa examples
malaria, babesia
malaria pathogen species
plasmodium
malaria vector
female anopheles mosquito
malaria ssx
paroxysmal fever, chills, rigors, muscle aches, malaise, N/V
malaria diagnosis
thick and thin blood smears
plasmodium falciparum diagnosis
ring forms on thick and thin blood smears
malignant tertian malaria
p falciparum
quartan malaria
p malariae
benign tertian malaria
p ovale, p vivax
which plasmodium is not found in Africa
p vivax
which plasmodium is global
p falciparum
which plasmodium has short incubation period
p falciparum
which plasmodium has a long incubation period
p malariae
which plasmodia have intermediate incubation period
p ovale, p vivax
which plasmodia have latent liver phase
p ovale, p vivax
which plasmodium infects all ages of RBCs
p falciparum
which plasmodium is affected by duffy antigen
p vivax
p falciparum sequelae
cerebral malaria, blackwater fever
cerebral malaria ssx
AMS, seizures, capillary plugging due to accumulations of pigment and shizont sequestration
blackwater fever ssx
intravascular hemolysis with rapid destruction of infected with RBCs
severe malaria tx
quinine
malaria blood schizonticides
chloroquine, quinine, mefloquine, doxycycline
malaria tissue schizonticides
primaquine, atovaquone-proguanil
malaria blood schizonticides kill
trophozoite in RBC
malaria tissue schizonticides kill
dormant hypnozoites in liver
what is needed to prevent relapse in ovale and vivax malaria
a tissue schizonticide