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INRODUCTION Flashcards

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DEFINE PROTOZOOLOGY

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Study of protozoa (unicellular organisms) in which all physiological functions are carried out by the organelles of the cell

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KINGDOM PROTISTA

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-Diverse collection of eukaryotic organisms
-which lack tissue differentiation
-Single celled
-Move independently
-Many are free living, others are parasites

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complex life cycles that take place in the cells, bloodstream and tissues of the host (invertebrate-ticks, mosquitoes or vertebrates-mammals, avian)

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Parasitic protozoa

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Most are zoonotic – low host specificity

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KINGDOM PROTISTA

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Differences between Prophyta and Protozoa

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cell wall- rigid/thick
nuclear material- well defined with membrane
nutrition– holozoic saprozoic
reproduction- binary fission along longitudinal axis except ciliates

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Protozoa

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cell wall - non rigid/ thin
nuclear material - dispersed
nutrition- holophytic
reproduction - binary fission along transverse axis

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Types of Nucleus

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Vesicular
Compact

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chromatin concentrated in a single mass (endosome or nucleolus)

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Vesicular

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chromatin evenly distributed (homogenous), present in ciliates

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Compact

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reproductive function

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Micronucleus

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Organelles in the cytoplasm
(powerhouse of the cell)

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Mitochondria

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vegetative function

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Macronucleus

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carries organs of locomotion (prolongations of the ectoplasm)

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Cytoplasm

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outer part (homogenous and hyaline appearance)

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Ectoplasm

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(regulates osmotic pressure & eliminates waste material)

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contractile vacuole

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(protein synthesis)

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Ribosomes

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(enzymes for digestion)

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Lysosome

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(collect dehydrated proteins)

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Golgi bodies

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Functions ectoplasm:

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Movement
Food ingestion
Excretion
Respiration
Protection

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Granular, pigmented
Contains food vacuoles (role in nutrition)

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Endoplasm

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Movement of Protozoa

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To obtain food
For reacting to physical and chemical stimuli

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protozoa Very marked movement

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flagellates and ciliates

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Modes of Movement

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Cilia
Pseudopodia
Flagella
Gliding

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ciliates, Balantidium, Trichomonas (fine, short, flagella like structures

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Cilia

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false feet (Entamoeba)

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Pseudopodia-

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Mastigophora species (whiplike filamentous structure from a basal granule in the ectoplasm) ex. Trypanosomes

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Flagella

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Toxoplasma, Sarcocystis, Eimeria (no locomotory organelle

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Gliding-

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Types of Nutrition

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Holophytic
Holozoic
Saprozoic
Autotrophic

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No veterinary importance, COH synthesized by chlorophyll (characteristics of plants)

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Holophytic

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pseudopodia or a cytostome are used to ingest food material from plants or animals and passed to a food vacuole (Pre-formed food utilized thru special organs)

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Holozoic

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uses micropyle (micropore) to ingest fluids/solids

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Eimeria

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– ingest tissues of host through a temporary opening in the body wall (pinocytosis)

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Entamoeba, Balantidium

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absorb nutrients by diffusion and directly used by the organism; stored food seen inside glycogen granules (absorption of dissolved organic matter)

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Saprozoic

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live entirely from inorganic compounds (proteins, COH & lipids are synthesized from them)

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Autotropic-

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parasitic protozoa nutrition

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= either holozoic or saprozoic; none are autotrophic or holophytic

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Ways of Excretion

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Osmotic pressure
Diffusion
Precipitation
Involves the contractile vacuoles, ectoplasm, cytopyge and other structures.

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(Most common)
takes free molecular oxygen in and expels carbon dioxide

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Aerobic respiration

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Sexual -involves the male and female gametes

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a) Conjugation
b) Syngamy

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survive under low oxygen tension since free oxygen is seldom available in the intestine of host

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facultative or obligate anaerobes

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Asexual- does not involve the male and female gametes

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a) Binary fission
b) Multiple fission (schizogony)
c) External budding
d) Internal budding or endopolygeny
e) Sporogony

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Ciliata
Exchange nuclear materials:

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Conjugation

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macronuclei degenerate while the micronuclei divide and pass nuclear materials into each other forming a

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synkarion

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2 gametes of different sexes fuse to form a zygote which divides by multiple fission to form sporozoites

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Syngamy

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nucleus divides forming the macronucleus which reproduce into new individuals

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Synkarion

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2 gametes of different sexes fuse to form a zygote which divides by multiple fission to form

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sporozoites

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(gamonts in pairs)

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Syzygy

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microgamete (male gamete) and macrogamete (female gamete)

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are produced from microgametocytes and macrogametocytes

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2 daughter cells from a parent cell
- Division along the longitudinal axis except for ciliates (transverse axis)
- Nucleus divides first then the cytoplasm (Trypanosoma)

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Binary fission

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Nucleus divides several times before cytoplasm does

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Multiple fission (schizogony)

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Nucleus divides several times before cytoplasm does
- dividing form is known

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schizont

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daughter forms are

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merozoites (Coccidia, Plasmodium)

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2 or many daughter forms produced from parent cell (ectopolygeny) which is unequal size of fragment of the nucleus and cytoplasm
- Budded forms are separated off and then grow to full size

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External budding

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which is unequal size of fragment of the nucleus and cytoplasm

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ectopolygeny

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New progenies are formed within the parent cell and then break off, destroying it (Toxoplasma and Sarcocystis)

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Internal budding or endopolygeny

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simplified from of endopolygeny (produces 2 daughter cells)

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Endodyogeny

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  • follows syngamy, sporozoites are formed within the walls of the cyst (multiple fission)
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Sporogony

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General Effects of Protozoa Infection
Absorb nutrients e.g

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Trypanosomes

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Interfere with normal metabolism by food absorption e.g.

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Giardia

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Produce toxin e.g.

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Sarcocystin by Sarcocystis

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. Phylum Sarcomastigophora

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  1. Subphylum Mastigophora – with 1 or more flagella
    1. Subphylum Sarcodina – with pseudopodia
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Destroys tissue e.g.

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Coccidia

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Destroy blood cells and hemopoetic organs e.g.

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Babesia

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Nucleus is of one type, except in

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heterokaryotic Foraminifera

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Locomotory organs are either

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pseudo- podia or flagella or both.

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This phylum sarcomastigophora includes three sub- phyla —

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Mastigophora, Opalinata and Sarcodina

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produces spores, no locomotory organ

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Phylum Apicomplexa

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Reproduction asexually, but when sexu­ally it is essentially by

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syngamy

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characteristics:

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All species are parasitic in nature.
Anterior part of the body forms apical complex.
Microspores generally present at some stage.
They reproduce sexually by syngamy.

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Examples are:
Phylum Apicomplexa

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Monocystis, Gregarina, Plasmodium, Babesia sp. and Perkinsus sp.

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is made up of polar rings, rhoptries, micronemes, conoid and subpellicular microtubules.

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apical complex

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produce spores with polar filament

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. Phylum Microspora

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with amoeboid germinal elements in multicellular spores; trophozoites are multicellular

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Phylum Myxozoa

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Phylum Ciliophora characteristics:

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Most of the species are free living, quite a number are commensal, some truly para­sitic and a large number are found as symphorionts on variety of hosts.
-Simple cilia or compound ciliary organelles are present in at least one stage of life cycle.
-Nuclei are of two types.

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with cilia e.g. Paramecium

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. Phylum Ciliophora

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is present even when surface cilia is absent.

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Subpellicular cilia

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Blood and Tissue Flagellates

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Leishmania sp. and Trypanosoma sp.

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Phylum Ciliophora characteristics:

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Presence of typical contractile vacuole.
Nutrition heterotrophic.
Asexual reproduction by transverse binary fission, budding and multiple fission also occur.
Sexual reproduction involves conjuga­tion, autogamy and cytogamy.

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bear one or more long, slender flagella (sing.,flagellum) for locomotion.

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Flagellates

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All forms absorb nutrients from their hosts through the cell membrane (no phagocytosis or cytostomal ingestion)

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Flagellates

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contains members which are parasitic - live in blood or fixed tissues of vertebrates at some time in their life cycle.

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Order Trypanosomatida

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The flagellum is also called an —
by those engaged in protozoology to accentuate its structural differences from the flagellum of bacteria.

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undulipodium

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multiply asexually by binary fission, and certain species from resistant cysts.

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Flagellates

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are very close together – the kinetosome is too small to be resolved – only the kinetoplast is seen

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Kinetosome and kinetoplast

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has all four forms

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Trypanosoma cruzi

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possesses only amastigote & promastigote forms

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Leishmania spp.

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Of the seven genera in the Family Trypanosomatidae, only 2 genera, Leishmania and Trypanosoma, are important parasites of humans.

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Leishmania sp. and Trypanosoma sp.

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has only epimastigote & trypomastigote

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Trypanosoma brucei -

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  • flagella protozoan parasites that live in the blood, lymph and varous tissues of their vertebrate hosts
  • parasites of all vertebrate classes
  • majority are transmitted by blood- feeding invertebrates, although other transmission mechanism exist.
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trypanosoma

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structure that gives rise to the flagellum

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kinetosome

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dense area of mitochondrial DNA that gives rise to a mitochondrion - located just posterior to kinetosome

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kinetoplasm

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first reported human infection with the zoonotic parasite in southeast asia

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trypanosoma evansi

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