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1
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anything that is disease- causing.

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pathogen

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a discipline dealing with the biology of animal parasites, ecology of parasitism with emphasis on parasite–host and parasite–environmental interactions

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parasitology

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restricted in studying those parasites that are of importance in medicine

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Human Parasitology or Medical Parasitology

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4
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study of protozoans

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protozoology

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study of helminths

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helminthology

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study of insects (arthropods)

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entomology

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7
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a relationship in which one of the participants, the parasite, either harms its host (the part that got harmed) or in some sense lives at the expense of the host.

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parasitism

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the partner lives in or on another from which it gains benefit, always smaller, is the parasite which to some degree injures its partner

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parasite

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are invertebrates that cannot live independently and should depend upon others to maintain their lives (live at the expense of others).

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animal parasites

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10
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endoparasite/ectoparasite

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residing site

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11
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obligatory/facultative; accidental
or opportunistic

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ecology

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12
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permanent/intermittent

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duration of parasitism

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13
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organism that does not absolutely depend on the parasitic way of life but is capable of adapting to it if placed in such a relationship.

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facultative parasite

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organism that is completely dependent on the host during a segment or all of its life cycle.

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obligatory parasite

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15
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parasites that live within the body of their host (intestinal tract, liver, etc.)

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endoparasite

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parasites that are attached to the outer surfaces of their hosts

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ectoparasite

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17
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the partners which provide the food and shelter for parasites, and to some degree are injured by this association

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host

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18
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host in which the parasite undergoes larval development but does not reach sexual maturity, parasites often can undergo asexual reproduction in this type of host

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intermediate host

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19
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host in which the parasite become sexually mature (where the adult worm harbor or undergoing sexual reproduction)

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definitive host

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20
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referred to those animals that harbor an infection that can be transmitted to humans.

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reservoir host

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21
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a disease of animals that may be transmitted to humans under natural conditions.

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zoonosis

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22
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when parasite enters the body of an abnormal host and not undergo any development but continues to stay alive and be infective to the normal host. The host is called the transport host.

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transport/paratenic/transfer host

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23
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persons who are considered to have reduced resistance to illness

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immune compromised host

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24
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any infection not normally cause disease in human

occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs)

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opportunistic parasitic infection

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25
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parasite infections may be carried from one host to another by means of arthropod vectors.

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vector

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26
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may also be a host if development of the parasite takes place with its body. (If the arthropod is simply an instrument of passive transfer, we refer to it as a mechanical vector).

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vectors

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27
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described the ontogenesis, development and reproduction of the parasite, tracking it through the various phases of its life history which will encompass both parasitic and non-parasitic stages

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life cycle

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28
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The key to understanding the transmission of a parasite species and parasitic disease

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life cycle

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29
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is one in which there is only one host where the parasite often spends most of its life, usually as an adult, and where it reproduces.

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simple or direct life cycle

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30
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parasites with more complex cycles which include 2 or more hosts.

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indirect life cycle

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31
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Sucking with ingestion of blood

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ancylostoma

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32
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Ingestion of lysed tissues and blood

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trichuris

33
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Feeding on the intestinal contents

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ascaris

34
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Ingestion of nourishment from the body fluids

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filarial worms

35
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Common saying “round worm of man”

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ascaris lumbricoides

36
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The largest of the intestinal nematodes parasitizing humans.

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ascaris lumbricoides

37
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The most common worm found in
human.

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ascaris lumbricoides

38
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It is worldwide in distribution and
most prevalent throughout the tropics, subtropics and more prevalent in countryside than in city.

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ascaris lumbricoides

39
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Predominant species in the Western Hemisphere and equatorial Africa (South China)

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necator americanus

40
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Prevalent in Southern Europe, North Africa, Northern Asia (North China), and the more pathogenic one.

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ancylostoma duodenale

41
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Heavy infection if hookworms may evoke anemia known as

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yellow laziness

42
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feeds on blood and Contains buccal capsule to ingest or suck blood from the host.

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hookworms

43
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Long and segmented parasites

Size varies from 1mm to several
meters.

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tapeworms (cestodes)

44
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three parts of a tapeworm

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scolex, neck, proglottids

45
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Leaf-shaped parasites

Size varies from 1mm to 10cm

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Flukes (trematodes)

46
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Most are hermaphroditic, except
Schistosomes

❖ Common in bodies of water

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flukes (trematodes)

47
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Single-celled microorganisms

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protozoans

48
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two major important stages of life or protozoans

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trophozoite
cyst

49
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active, free- swimming state of protozoan

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trophozoite

50
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dormant phase. In most cases, this is the infective stage.

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cyst

51
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Cyst to Trophozoite

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excystation

52
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Trophozoite to Cyst

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encystment

53
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Protozoans are classified by the way they move:

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amoeba (sarcodina)
flagellates (mastigophora)
ciliates (ciliophora)
sporozoans (apicomplexa)

54
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The largest phylum of protozoans (11,500 living species)

Most are free-living; others are parasitic.

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sarcodina

55
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It comprises the amoebas and related organisms (those that capture food using pseudopods)

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sarcodina

56
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the causative organism of amebic dysentery (amoebiasis).

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entamoeba histolytica

57
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the etiology of amoebic keratitis and encephalitis by entering cuts or through the nares and spreading to the central nervous system.

Common in stagnant bodies of water (lakes, ponds).

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acanthamoeba

58
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causes giardiasis or the infection of small intestine

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giardia lamblia

59
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is spread via the fecal- oral route, most commonly by eating food contaminated by the unwashed hands of an infected person or by drinking groundwater polluted by the feces of infected animals such as dogs and beavers ( hence the name beaver fever).

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giardiasis

60
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One of the signs of Giardiasis:

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fats in the stool

61
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only parasite that causes STD.

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trichomonas vaginalis

62
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causes trichomoniasis and is passed almost 100% of the time through sexual contact.

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trichomonas vaginalis

63
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is primarily an infection of women’s vaginal and urinary tract.

  • A woman is most susceptible to infection just after having completed her menstrual period.
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Trichomoniasis

64
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African Sleeping Sickness

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trypanosoma brucei

65
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Vector present in african SS

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tsetse fly

66
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West African Sleeping Sickness

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T. brucei gambiense

67
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East African Sleeping Sickness

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T. brucei rhodesiense

68
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American Sleeping Sickness

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Trypanosoma cruzi

69
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Vector present in American SS

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kissing bug / triatomine

70
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Protozoans which possess a unique organelle called apicoplast and an apical complex.

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apicomplexa

71
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Non-motile; rely on the fluid structure of the body for movement.

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apicomplexa

72
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parasite that causes Malaria

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plasmodium (vivax, malariae, falciparum, ovale)

73
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a vector-borne infectious disease caused by a eukaryotic protist of the genus plasmodium.

it is endemic in palawan

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malaria

74
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widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa.

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Malaria

75
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humans as intermediate host

asexual

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schizogony

76
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anopheles as definitive host

sexual

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sporogony

77
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causes an infection called toxoplasmosis.

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toxoplasma gondii

78
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a parasitic disease that infects most genera of warm-blooded animals, including humans, but the primary host is the felid family.

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toxoplasmosis

79
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are major reservoir of toxoplasmosis.

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cats

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