Helminths, Protozoa, Fungi Endemic Locations Flashcards
Trypansoma cruzi…aka Chagas’ disease
Endemic in Central and South America
Trypanosoma brucei…aka African sleeping sickness
T. brucei gambiense - Occurs primarily in western Africa
T. brucei rhodesiense - Occurs in eastern and southern Africa
Leishmania
Endemic in parts of the tropics and subtropics
Giardia intestinalis…aka bever fever/backpacker’s disease
Common gastrointestinal disease in the United States
Trichomonas vaginalis
Most common protozoan causing human disease in industrialized
nations
P. falciparum
* P. vivax
* P. ovale
* P. malariae
…aka Malaria
Malaria is endemic throughout the tropics and subtropics
T. gondii
One of the world’s most widely distributed parasites
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Outbreaks linked to raspberries from Central and South America
Fasciola hepatica;
F. gigantica
F. hepatica: Europe, Middle East,
Asia;
F. gigantica: Asia, Africa, Hawaii
Schistosoma spp.
S. mansoni: Caribbean, South
America, Arabia, Africa;
S. haematobium: Africa, India;
S. japonicum: eastern Asia
Ascaris
lumbricoides
Tropics and subtropics
worldwide
Ancylostoma
duodenale,
Necator
americanus
Ancylostoma: Africa, Asia,
the Americas,
Middle East, North Africa,
southern Europe; Necator:
the Americas,
Australia, Asia, Africa
Anisakis
Wherever people consume
raw marine
fish, e.g., Japan
Wuchereria bancrofti
worldwide, tropics
Histoplasma capsulatum
Found in the eastern United States, Africa, and South America
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Endemic in southeastern United States north to Canada
Coccidioides immitis
Almost exclusively in the southwestern United States and
northern Mexico
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Found in southern Mexico and regions of South America
