Helminths, Protozoa, Fungi Other Info Flashcards
Taenia solium…aka pork tapeworm
Transmission: Consumption of undercooked pork
Intermediate host: Swine
Location in human: Intestinal epithelium
Schistosoma japonicum…aka blood fluke
Transmission: Direct penetration to the skin
Location in humans: adults in mesenteric veins
Ascaris lumbricoides…aka giant ascarid
Transmission: Fecal-oral
Location in humans: Small intestine
Necator americanus…aka hookworm disease
Transmission: Direct penetration of the skin
Location in humans: Small intestine
Enterobius vermicularis…aka pinworm
Transmission: Anal-oral, fecal-oral, and inhalation
Location in humans: large intestine
Wuchereria bancrofti…aka elephantiasis
Transmission: Microfilariae are ingested while mosquitoes feed on humans.
Intermediate host: Female Culex and Anopheles mosquitoes
Located in humans: Lymphatic vessels
Naegleria fowleri
Transmission: Inhalation
Located in human: Brain
Trypanosoma cruzi…aka Chagas’ disease
Transmission: Bite wound
Intermediate host: True bug (Kissing bug)
Located in human: Circulatory system and heart muscles
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense…aka African sleeping sickness
Transmission: Bite
Intermediate host: Tsetse fly
Located in human: Circulatory/Lymphatic system
Giardia intestinalis…aka beaver fever/backpacker’s fever
Transmission: Fecal-oral, ingested cysts from contaminated food, water, or hands
Located in human: Small intestine
Trichomonas vaginalis
Transmission: Sexual contact
Located in human: In vulvas and vaginas in females and in urethras and prostates in men.
Plasmodium falciparum…aka Malaria
Transmitted: Bite
Intermediate host: Anopheles mosquitoes
Located in human: Liver and red blood cells
Toxoplasma gondii
Transmission: Consumption of undercooked meat, inhalation
Located in humans: Skeletal muscle, brain, eyes
Histoplasma capsulatum
Transmission: Inhalation of spores
Intermediate host: Droppings of bats and birds
Located in humans: Lungs
Coccidioides immitis…aka thrush, vaginal yeast infection
Transmission: Inhalation of spores
Intermediate host: Dust, desert soil
Located in humans: Lungs
Candida albicans
Transmission: Fecal-oral
Located in humans: Mouth, vagina, tissues of the body
Trichophyton rubrum
Transmission: Toe webbing hold infected skin cells, infection from person to person
Located in humans: skin and nails
