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Exam 3 - (1) Parasites Flashcards

1
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Some of the most prevalent diseases in developing countries?

A

Parasitic

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2
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(T or F) Parasitic infections cause clinical infections

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False

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3
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(T or F) Parasitic infections are distinct from parasitic disease

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True

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4
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most common parasitic infection worldwide

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Toxoplasmosis

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5
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Prolonged, repeated, or high burden infections are:

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  • usually subacute or chronic

- rarely fatal (except for malaria P. falciparum which is rapidly fatal 3-5)

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6
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Many parasitic agents are _____ meaning they infect animals.

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zoonoses

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7
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Many human parasites require _______ and ______ hosts to complete their life cycles.

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  • human

- non human

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8
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What are the two parasite types?

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  • protozoa

- helminths

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9
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What are Protozoa?

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One celled eukaryotes that cause disease when present in large numbers

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10
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What are 5 common protozoa?

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1-Plasmodium
2-Giardia
3-Cryptosporidium
4-Leishmania
5-Trypanosomes
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11
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Where can protazoa manifest themselves during an infection?

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  • intracellular (RBCs, macrophages)

- extracellular (GI tract)

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12
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what are two forms protozoans w/in the GI tract take?

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active trophozoite

dormant cyst

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13
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There are ~65,000 spp. of protazoa and few are parasitic. Where are most spp. found?

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water + soil

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14
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What is the term for flagellated protozoa?

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Mastigophora

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15
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What are some characteristics mastigophora?

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  • single nucleus
  • sexually reproduce by syngamy
  • divide by longitudinal fisson
  • parasitic form have no mitochondria or golgi
  • form cysts and are free living + solitary
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16
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what are 4 examples of Mastigophora?

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1-Trypanosoma
2-Leishmania
3-Giardia and Cryptosporidium
4-Trichomonas

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17
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Where/why was a major Cryptosporidium outbreak/ how many were affected/ what was the total cost?

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  • Milwaukee, water treatment failure
  • 400,000 people
  • $96.2 million
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18
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What are Apicomplexa/sporozoa?

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non-motile protozoans that produce sporozoites following sexual reproduction

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19
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What are some general characteristics of apicomplexa?

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  • not motile save for male gametes
  • complex life cycles
  • most form oocysts
  • entire group is parasitic
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20
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What are two examples of apicomplexians?

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1-Plasmodium

2-Toxoplasma gondii

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21
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What are helminths?

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multicellular (metazoa) worm parasites

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22
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What are two common types of helminths?

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1-Roundworms

2-Flatworms

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23
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What are some general helminth characteristics?

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  • They remain extracellular (large)
  • they have a complex life cycle that doesn’t typically complete within the human
  • development happens outside the human definitive host and in animal vector intermediate hosts
24
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(T or F) Helminths chronic infections cannot be tolerated by human hosts

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False - most are

25
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(T or F) disease is a consequence of parasitic replication

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False - it is not

26
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What is a parasitic burden?

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a term for the number of parasites that the host initially acquires from the environment

27
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When do established helminth infections resolve themselves?

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when the adult worms reach senescence (old age degradation)

28
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(T or F) Adult helminths are large enough to see with the naked eye

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True

29
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(T or F) Helminth eggs and larvae can be seen with the naked eye

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False- a microscope is required

30
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What are some general characteristics of Flatworms?

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  • they’re part of the phylum platyhelminthes

- thin and often segmented

31
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What are the 2 subdivisions of Flatworms?

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1-Cestodes (tapeworms)

2-Trematodes (flukes)

32
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What are some general characteristics about roundworms?

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  • they’re part of phylum Aschelminthes

- they are elongate, cylindrical and unsegmented

33
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What are roundworms also known as?

A

nematodes

34
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what class of animals are vectors for most parasites?

A

arthropods

35
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What are some common arthropodic parasite vectors?

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  • Female anopheles mosquito
  • flies (black and tsetse)
  • kissing bugs
  • ticks
36
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(T or F) Arthropod vectors are not involved in any essential steps within a parasites life cycle

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False

37
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(T or F) Parasites are prevalent in areas conducive to arthropod breeding

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True

38
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What are parasite reservoirs?

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sources of parasites that do not participate DIRECTLY in transmission

39
Q

Name three broad parasite reservoir classifications

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  • humans
  • animals
  • environment
40
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What are three routes of parasite entry?

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1-oral ingestion
2-penetration of skin
3-arthropod borne bite wound

41
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what constrains parasite transmission?

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  • special life cycle requirements

- presence of intermediate hosts

42
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parasite disease manifestation is dependent on:

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size of inoculum and varies between spp.

43
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survival of a parasite within its host is largely dependent on it’s ability to

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circumvent the host’s antibody and cell-mediated immune responses

44
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a parasites life cycle is determined by

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species and tissue tropisms

45
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a specific conditional variable on a parasite’s ability to thrive is

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temperature

46
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clinical manifestations of a parasitic infection may include

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  • direct tissue damage from a parasite
  • effects of a host immune response
  • a mix of both
47
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clinical complications such as those seen in schistosomiasis and pork tapeworms can occur ______ after initial infection

A

years

48
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Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis begins with a trivial asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic _____.

A

skin lesion

49
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Chagas disease can be acute or chronic. Acute infections result in:

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  • a swollen eyelid (Romaña’s sign)
  • swollen lymph nodes
  • possible death in immunocompromised or young children
50
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Chronic Chagas disease results in

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lesions on various internal organs.

51
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three ways to treat/prevent/eradicate parasitic infections

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1-preventative drugs (chemoprophylaxis)
2-Immunization
3-field control measures

52
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What are some problems with immunizing against parasitic pathogens?

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  • parasites masquerade as “self” by coating in host antigens
  • some parasites (trypanosomes) continually alter surface antigens
  • different proteins or polysaccharides displayed on surfaces at different life stages
53
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What red blood cell parasitic disease is the most important of all protozoan diseases?

A

malaria

54
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approximately how many named species of plasmodium (that infect various species of vertebrates) exist?

A

156

55
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What four plasmodium spp. infect humans/what is their RBC preferences?

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1 - P. falciparum/all age RBCs (most mortality)
2,3 - P. vivax/P. ovale/reticulocytes and young RBCs
4 - P. malariae/older RBCs

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