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Giardia Flashcards

1
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true or false: giardia is a protozoa

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true

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2
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true or false: giardia is non flagellated

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false it is flagellated

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3
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who found giardia first

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antony van leeuwenhoek

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4
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what are the names of giardia intestinalis

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G. lamblia or G. duodenalis

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5
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true or false: giardia infects the intestine

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true

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6
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what does giardia cause

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diarrhea

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7
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what is the most common enteropathogen worldwide

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giardia

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8
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true or false: giardia is not a fatal infection

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true but it does play a role in millions of deaths yearly
-due to the diarrhea

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9
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g muris infects what

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rodents

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10
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g agilis infects what

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amphibians

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11
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g ardae infects what

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great blue heronw

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12
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hat does g microti infect

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voles

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13
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what does g lamblia infect

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humans

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14
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what does giardia infect

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the upper part of the intestine

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15
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what is the type of life cycle of giardia

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direct

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16
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which part of the infectious cycle is infectuous in giardia

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cyst

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17
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giardia can survive in water at 4 degrees for how long?

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3 months

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18
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how many cysts are sufficient to infect humans for giardia

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10

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19
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About ….. of people in developed countries have had giardiasis

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1/3

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20
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giardia affects how % of adults and kids

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2% of adults and 6-8% of kids

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21
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which is the most common commonly diagnosed intestinal parasite in us and canada

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giardia

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22
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how many cases per year in the usa but what is the incidence

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-20 000 cases/year
-2 million

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23
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giardia is fatal for who

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immunocompromised people
-hiv, transplant peeps, old and kids

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24
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what is the prevalence of giardia acute infection

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20-30%

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25
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where is giardia mostly found

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Russia, E. Europe, Turkey, SE Asia, Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa

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26
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giardia cyst is resistant to what?

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chlorine

27
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giardia cyst is not resistant to what

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freezing

28
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what does the giardia cyst dimensions

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6-10 u and is elliptically shaped

29
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the giardia cyst wall is composed of what

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fibrous components containing polymers of galactosamine and proteins

30
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what does induce the encystation process for giardia

A

stomach acids

31
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biological features of giardia

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  • Two nuclei (lack nucleoli)
    -has a ventral disk
  • Absence of functional mitochondria
  • Lack peroxisomes
  • Altered Golgi apparatus
  • Dependant on anaerobic respiration
32
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giardia: after infestion of the cyst what happens….

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-two trophozoites emerge in the duodenum and attch to the host small intestinal mucosa

33
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how do giardia multiply

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binary fission in the lumen of the intestine
-they colonize the small bowel

34
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in giardia: some of the tropozoite encysts and are released how?

A

fecal materials

35
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how many pairs of flagella in giardia and where are they from

A

-four pairs of flagella
-originate from the basal bodies located near the nucleus

36
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what is unique to giardia cells

A

median body

37
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in giardia: virus and bacteria are found where?

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in the cytoplasm, they are endosybionts

38
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what is the ventral disk made of

A

complex microtubules and fibrous structures
-structure is rich in tubulin, termed giardin

39
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what is the role of the ventral disck in giardia

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serves as organelles of attachment

40
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what have been used to study giardia in humans

A

mice and giardia muris
-ther gerbil g lamblia model has been used to study the epidemiology and pathology of the disease

41
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mode of transmission giardia

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-drinking contaminated water
-contaminated rivers, lakes etc and it is known as beaver fever
-eating contaminated food
-oerson to person contact

42
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true or false: giardia lamblia infects a wide range of mammals which acts as a reservoir

A

yeah like cattle

43
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an infected person with cysts sheds how many a day

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1 billion per day

44
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in usa: how many cysts a day in waters

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-10,000 – 100,000 cysts/litre in untreated sewage
-10 – 100 cysts/litre in treated sewage
-10 cyst/litre in surface water and even in tap water.

45
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true or false: 70% of infected peeps with giardia are unaware

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false, it is 90%

46
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symtoms of giardia appear when ? and lasts for how long

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6-15 days after infection and can last for 2-6 weekswh

47
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what are the most common symptoms of giardia

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-diarrhea 96%
-weakness 72%
-loss of apetite and weight loss
50%

48
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what are two complications of giardia

A

malabsorbtion and dehydratation

49
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giardia can be asymptomatic or the cause of what?

A

of a severe enteropathy with malabsorbtion

50
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giardia: pathology in the small bowel can be evaluated by what?

A

measuring the villus to crypt ratio

51
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during the acute phase of the infection of giardia: there is a decrease of what and an increase in what

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-Decrease of the height of the villi.
-Increase in the height of the crypt.

52
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giardiasis can be acute and…. or …

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acute and self limiting or chronic

53
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when does malabsorbtion happen in giardiasis

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-happens during the acute phase of the infection
-disapears after the elimination of the tropozoite from the small intestine

54
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what are the 3 distinct phases in the life cycle of giardia

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  1. A latent period
  2. An acute phase
  3. An elimination phase
55
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innate immunity: giardiasis

A
  1. Presence of mucus in the
    small intestine acts as a
    barrier to the invasion of
    mucosal tissue.
  2. Normal human milk can kill
    Giardia trophozoites.
56
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adaptive immunity giardia:

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  1. Both the humoral and cell-mediated immune responses are playing a role.
  2. A local inflammatory reaction develops in the small intestinal mucosa.
  3. The number of plasma cells present in the crypt increases. They are producing mainly IgA antibodies.
57
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which antibodies are the most common in giardiasis

A

igm and iga are prominant

58
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in giardiasis: igm plasma cells are prominant during when

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in the early phase of the infection

59
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in giardiasis: iga plasma cells are prominent when

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during the acute phase of the infection

60
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in giardiasis: circulating antibodies are found in the blood but are …..

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not useful for protection nor diagnosis

61
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diagnosis giardia

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  1. ELISA
  2. Stool examination for trophozoites and cysts (usually 3 samples)
  3. PCR: detection of different isolates
62
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treatment for giardiasis:

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-metronidazole: fucks u up
-tinidazole: fucks u up
-ornidazole: fucks u up
-quinacrine: nausea and vomitting
-furazolidone: nausea and vomitting
-paromomycin: nephrotocixity

63
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matronidazole:

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-Selectively binds to and damages DNA in anaerobic protozoa: Giardia, Ameba, Trichomonas vaginalis
-Highly active against anaerobic gram-negative bacteria
Bacteroides fragilis, Clostirdium difficile, Helicobacter pylori
-Inhibits aldehyde dehydrogenase, which breaks down alcohol.

64
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