immunology of parasitic infection

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schistosoma

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trematode

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Trichinella spiralis

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Nematode

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T. spiralis can be obtained by

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eating meat of the infected animal

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Plasmodia falciparum can be found in

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blood. (need insect vectors)

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round worm or ascaris lumbricoides

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Nematode

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examples of parasites with complicated lufe cycles

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coccidia and malaria

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kills 1 to 3x10^6 people every year

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malaria

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kills 0.5 to 1x10^6 people every year

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schistosoma

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infect 1/3 of the world’s population

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intestinal worms

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soil-transmitted helminths

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ancylostoma necator
ascaris lumbricoides
trichuris trichiura

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800x10^6

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ancylostoma necator

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700 x10^6

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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500 x10^6

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Trochuris trichiura

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direct invasion by penetrating the skin

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hookworm and schistosome larvae

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Ingested

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tapeworm
pinworm
roundowrm
Toxoplasma
Giardia

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mosquitoes

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filarial worms

protozoa malarial parasites

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tse tse flies

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trypanosomes

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triatomid bugs

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T. cruzi

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sandflies

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leishmania

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sexually transmitted

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T. vaginalis

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parasitic protozoa living in blood

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African trypanosomes

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Parasitic protozoa living within erythrocytes

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Plasmodium spp.

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parasitic protozoa living in macrophages

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Leishmania, Toxoplasma gondii

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typically flattened and leaf-shaoed with 2 muscular suckers

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trematodes or flukes

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trematodes are hermaphrodites except

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schistosomes

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most fluke infections are acquired by

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ingestion of metacercariae

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directly penetrate the skin of theirs host and do not encyst as metacercariae

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schistosomes

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flat and have ribbon-like chain of
segment (proglottids) containing
male and female reproductive
structures

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cestodes or tapeworms

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Adults tapeworms have no
mouth or gut and absorb their
nutrients directly from their host
through their

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integument

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examples of cestodes

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Cysticercus - Taenia solium , Hydatid cyst - Echinococcus granulosus

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exampkes of nematodes

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Trichinella spiralis,
hookworms,
pinworms,  
Ascaris  spp,  and
filarial worms

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They only have a set of longitudinal muscles which allows them to move in a whiplike, penetrating fashion

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nematodes or roundworms

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t or f

nematodes or roundowrms have a complete digestive system

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t

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inhabit the gut

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tapeworms and adult hookworms

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live in blood vessels

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adult schistosomes

mesenteric vessels/urinary bladder plexus- schistosoma haematobium

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live in the lymphatics

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some filarial worms

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hallmark of schistosomiasis

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pipe stem liver (portal hypertension)

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great variety of antigen

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Trypanosoma
Giardia lamblia
Ascaris lumbricoides

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infective stage of the malarial parasite transmitted by the mosquito

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sporozoite

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in malaria, the __________ of sporozoite induces the production of antibodies that do not react with the eryhthrocytic stage

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protein coat

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different stages, different surface antigens

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trichinella spiralis

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invasive form of the blood stage of the malarial parasite

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merozoit

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The merozoit bind to certain
receptors on erythrocyte and uses a
specialized organelle -______ - to enter the
cell

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the rhoptry

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use complement receptor,

mannose-fucose receptor (lectin pathway).

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lesihmania

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able to invade
and multiply in all nucleated mammalian cells,
can infect immature mammalian erythrocytes,
insect cell cultures, and the nucleated
erythrocytes of birds and fish.

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Toxoplasma gondii

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T or F

Tapeworm of the pig can also infect humans

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T

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first line mech

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innate immunity (humoral, cellular)

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cellular mech

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macrophage and PMNs

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humoral mechanisms of innate immunity

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complement
alternative mediators
cytokines

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complement

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alternative pathway

lectin-mediated pathway

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A primate specific, innate cytolytic defense

mechanism

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alternative mediators

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alternatove mediators cause resistance of humans to

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african trypanosomes and plasmodium spp

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composed of several common apolipoproteins
(high density lipoproteins) and a haptoglobin-related
protein (Hrp)

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Trypanosome lysis factor 1 (TLF1)

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contains a unique igM component and has a lower lipid content

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TLF 2

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are normally associated with regulation

and activation of cells of the immune system

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cytokines

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is directly involved in innate immunity to T. brucei

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TNF alpha

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TNF∝ binds and is internalized to

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T. brucei–>cytolysis

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The susceptibility of parasites to this

mechanism is specific:

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o Insect stages are resistant to lysis
o Only parasites isolated during the peak of
parasitemia are lysed by TNF∝

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cellular mech

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Macrophages • Neutrophils • Eosinophils • Mast cells • Platelets • NK cells • NK T cells • 🇾δ T cells• B1 cells