Lecture 1 Flashcards
1
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What is a typical parasite?
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- Can be transmitted w/o host death
- Host can still reproduce
2
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What is a trophically transmitted parasite?
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- transmission requires host death
- parasite rarely kils host directly
3
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Parasitic castrator?
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typical or trophically-transmitted parasite that castrate its host
4
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Parasitoid?
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- transmission requires parasite to kill host directly
5
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Obligate parasite
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must be parasitic at some point
6
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Facultative parasite
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can choose if it is going to be parasitic or free-living
7
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Endoparasite
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lives inside host
8
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Ectoparasite
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lives outside host
9
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Intermediate host
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required host for larval parasite to develop to next stage
10
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Definitive host
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required for development of adult parasite
11
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Vector
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- blood-feeding invertebrate host
- can be intermediate or definitive host
12
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Direct life cycle
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one host only
13
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Indirect/complex life cycle
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- 2 or more hosts needed, but only one of those is the definitive host
14
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Prevalence
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Proportion of hosts examined that are infected
15
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Abundance
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- Number of parasites per host that was examined
