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Multi-Systems II: Protozoa and Helminths Flashcards

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  • Protozoa
  • Systemic Infection
  • Flagellated outside Macrophages
  • Non-flagellated inside Macrophages
  • Causes DTH response
A

Leishmania donovani

Leishmaniasis
“Kala-Azar”

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  • Protozoa
  • Systemic Infection
  • Flagellated in Blood
  • Non-flagellated in Cardiac muscle
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Trypanosoma cruzi

Chagas’ Disease
American Trypanosomiasis

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  • Protozoa
  • Systemic Infection
  • Flagellated in Blood, Lymph node, CSF
  • Antigenic variation of the Surface coat allows evasion of Immune response
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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Sleeping Sickness
African Trypanosomiasis

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  • Protozoa
  • Systemic Infection
  • Sporozoans (Non-motile)
  • Trophozoite shapes = Small-rings
  • Gametocyte shapes = Banana-like
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Plasmodium falciparum, vivax ovale, malariae

Malaria

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  • Helminths
  • Transmitted by Bite
  • Tissue Infection
  • Nematodes (roundworms)
  • Thick hyperpigmented Pruritic Rash
A

Onchocerca volvulus

River Blindness
Onchocerciasis

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Toxonomy of:

Leishmania donovani

Leishmaniasis
“Kala-Azar”

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  • Protozoa
  • Systemic Infection
  • Flagellated outside Macrophages
  • Non-flagellated inside Macrophages
  • Causes DTH response
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Toxonomy of:

Trypanosoma cruzi

Chagas’ Disease
American Trypanosomiasis

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  • Protozoa
  • Systemic Infection
  • Flagellated in Blood
  • Non-flagellated in Cardiac muscle
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Toxonomy of:

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Sleeping Sickness
African Trypanosomiasis

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  • Protozoa
  • Systemic Infection
  • Flagellated in Blood, Lymph node, CSF
  • Antigenic variation of the Surface coat allows evasion of Immune response
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Toxonomy of:

Plasmodium falciparum, vivax ovale, malariae

Malaria

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  • Protozoa
  • Systemic Infection
  • Sporozoans (Non-motile)
  • Trophozoite shapes = Small-rings
  • Gametocyte shapes = Banana-like
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Toxonomy of:

Onchocerca volvulus

River Blindness
Onchocerciasis

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  • Helminths
  • Transmitted by Bite
  • Tissue Infection
  • Nematodes (roundworms)
  • Thick hyperpigmented Pruritic Rash
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