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NHP parasites Flashcards

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Giardia

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Protozoan

Small intestine

Subclinical +/- vomiting, diarrhea

NWM, OWM, apes

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Trichomonas

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Protozoan

Intestine, stomach, pelvic cavity (rhesus)

Diarrhea in callitrichids

Tx: metronidazole

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Tritrichomonas mobilensis

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Squirrel monkeys

Lower intestine

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Entamoeba histolytica

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Colon, cecum

Streaming cytoplasm

Flask-shaped ulcers

PAS, Giemsa, trichrome

More severe in NWM/young

Severe diarrhea, hemorrhage, necroulcerative colitis, ambeic abscesses in lungs, liver, or CNS

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Plasmodium brazilianum, P. simium

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NWMs

RBCs

Tx: Chloroquine followed by Primaquine

Usually persistant low parasitemia

Can cause anemia, cyclic pyrexia, hepatosplenomegaly, depression, death

Malaria hemazoin pigment in Kupffer cells

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P. knowlesi, P. cynomolgi, P. fieldi, P. fragile, P. inui

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Macaques, Leaf monkeys

Usually subclinical unless immunosuppresed

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P. pitheci, P. rodhairi, P. reichenowi, P. schwetzi

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Great apes

Usually subclinical parasetemia

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P. hylobati, P. youngi, P. eylesi

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Gibbons

Fever with parasitemia, pathogenic

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Hepatocystis spp.

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OWM, Apes

Blood, liver

Nonpathogenic

Numerous, random, gray-white foci on liver surface (merocyst)

Eosinophilic granulomatous rxn to ruptured cysts

Indirect life cycle (midges)

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Babesia pitheci

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NWM, OWM

Severe anemia/death w/ splenectomy

Mild in immunocompetent monkeys

Indirect life cycle: ticks

Pyriform 2-6um

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Entopolypoides macacai

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OWM, Apes

Usually subclinical

Hemolytic anemia and icterus following splenectomy

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Toxoplasma gondii

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Prosimians, apes, OWM, NWM

LN, liver, lungs, spleen, intestine, brain, heart

Death, no clinical signs, neuro, anorexia, hepatosplenomegaly, ulcerative enteritis, lymphadenopathy

Banana-shaped tachyzooites

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Encephalitozooan cuniculi

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Squirrel monkeys

Brain, kidney, placenta, lungs, liver, adrenal glands

None or nonspecific, death

Gram+, PAS+

Organisms in urine

Protozoa

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Prosthenorchis elegans, P. spirula

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Acanthocephalans

NWM, prosimians

Ileum (spirula), cecum, colon

Anorexia, weight loss, diarrhea, death

Tx: Diathezine iodide

Indirect life cycle - cockroaches, beetles

Red-brown, thorny head

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Sarcoptes scabiei in OWM

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Severe pruritis

Deep skin scraping

Ivermectin

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Sarcoptes scabiei in Apes

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Anorexia, weight loss, tremors, alopecia, scaling, self-mutilation, bacterial dermatitis, death

Tx: Ivermectin

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Strongyloides cebus

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Nematode

NWM

Usually no c/s or diarrhea, dyspnea, cough

Adult females - intestine

Filariform larvae - lungs

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S. fullerborni, S. stercoralis

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OWM, apes

Intestin, filariform larvae in lungs

Diarrhea, hemorrhage, coughing, vomiting, enterocolitis

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Trypanooxyuris spp.

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NWM

Cecum, colon

Nematode

Usually subclinical

Observation of adults at anus

Tx: Thiabendazole

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Enterobius vermicularis, E. anthropopitheci

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OWM (vermicularis), apes (anthropopitheci), chimps

Cecum, colon

May be subclinical

Anal itching, self-mutilation, aggressiveness, ulcerative colitis

Observation of adults at anus

Oxyuriasis (pinworms)

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Oesophagostomum spp.

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Most common nematode in OWM, apes

Cecum, colon

Weight loss, diarrhea, subserosal nodules in colon and mesentery

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Molineus elegans, M. torulosis

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NWM

Pyloris, duodenum, pancreatic duct

Usually subclinical

Nemdatode

Ulcerative enteritis, serosal nodules in duodenum, chronic pancreatitis

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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OWM, apes

Intestine

Usually subclinical

Nematode

Deaths due to heavy infestation (intestinal blockage)

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Trichospirura leptosoma

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NWM

Pancreatic ducts

Weight loss, wasting, pancreatitis, jaundice

Nematode

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Pterygodermatities nycticebi, P. alphi

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Prosimians, NWM, gibbons

Intestine

Watery diarrhea, anorexia, weakness, anemia, leukopenia, hypoproteinemia, pseudomembranous necrotizing enteritis

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Trichuris spp.

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Nematode

NWM, OWM, apes

Anorexia, mucoid diarrhea

Bipolar operculated ova

Cecum, colon

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Anatrichosoma cynomolgi

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NWM, OWM, apes

Nasal mucosa, hands and feet (creeping eruption)

Nasal discharge, pruritis of hands and feet, vesicles/pustules, regional LN enlargement

Tx: Fenbendazole

Nematode

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Hymenolepis nana

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Cestode

Small intestine

Abdominal pain, anorexia, vomiting, catarrhal enteritis, abscessed MLN

Proglottids in feces

Tx: Niclosamide, Bunamidine, Praziquantel

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Cysticercosis taenidae

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Cestode, larval dz

Abdominal or thoracic cavities, muscle, SQ tissues, CNS

C/s dependant on location of migration

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Coenurosis - Multiceps spp.

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Cestode, larval dz

SQ tissue, peritoneal cavity, brain, liver

Prosimians, OWM

Usually subclinical except CNS

31
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Hydatosis - Echinococcus granulosus

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Abdominal, thoracic cavities, liver, lungs, retrobulbar, subcutaneous tissue

Usually subclinical

Anaphylactic shock/death after cyst rupture

Intradermal skin test HA (hemaglutination assay)

Cestode, larval dz

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Gastrodiscoides hominis

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Most common fluke of OWM (trematode)

Colon, cecum

Mucoid diarrhea, mild chronic colitis

Indirect life cycle = snail

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Watsonius spp.

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Trematode

OWM

Intestine

Diarrhea, severe enteritis, death

34
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Paragonimus westermanii

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Trematode

OWM

Lung, ectopic sites (brain, liver)

Cough, wheezing, blood in sputum, moist rales, progressive weight loss

Occurs frequently in cynos (from eating crabs)

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Schistosoma mansoni, S. matheei

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NWM, OWM

Mesenteric veins

Usuall subclinical, may be fever, hemorrhagic diarrhe

Tx: Praziquantel

Trematode

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Schistosoma haematobium

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Portal veins

Hematuria, ascites

Apes

Trematode

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Ternidens deminutus

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OWM, Apes

Cecum, colon

Anemia, cystic nodules

Zoonotic

Direct life cycle

Nematode

38
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Ancyclostoma duodenale

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OWM, apes

Intestinal mucosa

Human hookworm (nematode)

Anemia, “pot-belly”

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Nochtia nochti

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Nematode (bright red worm)

Asian macaques

Prepyloric region

Cauliflower-like masses at junction of fundus and prepyloric regions

40
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Gongylonema macrogubernaculum or pulchrum

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Spiruid nematode

NWM, OWM

Tongue, lip, esophagus, bronchi, stomach

Indirect life cycle = cockroach, dung beetle

Pruritis/excessive salivation

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Physalopteria

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Spiruid nematode

NWM, OWM

Stomach

Gastritis, esophagitis, erosion

Indirect lifecycle = arthropod

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Capillaria hepatica

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NWM, OWM, apes

Trichuid nematode

Hepatic parenchyma

Cirrhotic liver, white foci on liver

43
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Echinococcus granulosus

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NWM, OWM, apes

Cavities, liver, lungs, retrobulbar

Mimics neoplastic dz

Anaphylactic shock from rupture of cyts

Hydatiodosis, cestode

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Dinobdella ferox

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Annelida (segmented worm)

OWM

Nasal cavity (nasal leech)

45
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Pneumonsyssus simicola

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Lung mite (pulmonary acariasis)

OWM

Lung

Asymptomatic

“Jelly-like” masses that have a small opening (mite houses)

46
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Linguatula

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Pentastome

47
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Porcephalus

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Pentastome

NWM

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Armillifer

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Pentastome

OWM

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Gigliolella

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Pentastome

50
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Pentastomes

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Linguatula, Porecephalus (NWM), Armillifier (OWM), and Gigliolella

Asymptomatic

NHP is intermediate host

Adults found in the lungs of snakes

51
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NHP louse

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Pendicinus longiceps

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P. brazilianum

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Quartan fever

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P. simium

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Spider, howler monkeys

Tertian fever

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P. knowlesi

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Cynos, pig-tailed, rhesus (fatal)

Quotidian fever

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P. cynomolgi

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Cynos, pig-tailed, rhesus, Formosan rock macaque (M. cylopis)

Tertian fever

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Strongyloides cebus

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NWM

Diarrhea, dyspnea, cough

Adult female - intestine

Filariform larvae (lungs)

Nematode

57
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Differentiating Schistosomiasis eggs

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S. mansoni - lateral spine

S. hematobium - terminal spine

S. japonicum - no spine

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