Overview and Introduction

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Invasion in the body by endoparasite.

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Infection

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Invasion on the body by ectoparasite.

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Infestation

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A process with characteristic symptoms, emerged, determining an effective means of healing infected persons become a priority.

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Disease

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Transport carriers are also known as

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Vectors

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Prehistoric times; documentation of parasite existence by the ancient _

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Persians, Egyptians, and Greeks

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Parasitic infections are mostly found in underdeveloped and subtropical countries such as:

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Haiti, Guatemala, Myanmar (Burma) and African continent

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Common ways of transmitting
select parasites:

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• consuming contaminated food or water
• hand-to-mouth transfer

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parasite is passed on to an uninfected host, most often via a blood meal (bite)

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arthropod

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When a parasite infects a host, _ results.

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Symbiosis

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T/F. The primary function of the host is to
carry on the parasite’s life cycle.

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True

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Host that harbors the parasite in its arrested state. Like a reservoirs. Host is required for completion of parasite’s life cycle but no development occurs.

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Paratenic

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Parasite that is established in or on the exterior surface of a host

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Ectoparasite

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Parasite that is capable of existing independently of a host

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Facultative parasite

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Host other than the normal one that is harboring a parasite

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Accidental or incidental host

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Host in which the larval asexual phase of parasite development occurs

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Intermediate host

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Host in which the adult sexual phase of parasite development occurs

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Definitive host

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Association of two different species of organisms that is beneficial to one and neutral to the other

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Commensalism

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Association of two different species of organisms that is beneficial to one at the other’s expense

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Parasitism

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Parasites alter their _ so that the host will not recognize the modified parasites as foreign, and thus the initiation of an immune response does not occur.

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antigenic makeup

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Animal parasites/non-human
parasites that can also infect man

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Zoonotic

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parasite that becomes fixed in an unusual organ different from that which it ordinary parasitize

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Erratic

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one that establishes itself in the host in which it does not ordinary live

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Incidental/Accidental

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those found within the host from early life to maturity

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Permanent

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type of parasite wherein the larval stage develops in a host while the adult is free living

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Transitory

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type of parasite wherein the larval stage develops in a host different from that of adult

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Periodic

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those that simply visit the host during feeding time

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Intermittent

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Usually an individual harboring the parasite but do not show any signs and symptoms; a state wherein the parasite lives in or on the tissues of its host without causing evident harm

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Carrier

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Parasitic life cycles, three common components:

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• Mode of Transmission
• Infective Stage
• Diagnostic Stage

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traditional parasite recovery method, often referred

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O&P (Ova & Parasite)

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Suspicious forms that visually resemble parasites in terms of size and morphology are commonly encountered and are often referred:

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Artifacts / Confusers

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numerous artifacts and confusers often referred to as

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pseudoparasites

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Single-celled parasites

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Protozoa

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Multicellular worms

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Metazoa

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Arthropods (insects and their allies)

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Animalia

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The official units of parasite measurement

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Microns

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A host responsible for transferring parasite from one location to another.

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Transport host

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infectious to man; can cause injury, disease & inflict damage to the host

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pathogenic parasite

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ectoparasite can cause

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infestation

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according to host

not normal habitat, wandering parasite

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aberrant parasite

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according to host

another parasite as the host

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hyperparasite

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a foreign species that has passed through the alimentary tract without infecting the host

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coprozoic/spurious

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can be readily cultivated at room temperature but dies at 37deg celcius

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coprophilic

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blood dwelling parasite

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hematozoic

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cell dwelling parasite

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cytozoic

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lives inside the body cavities of the host

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coelozoic

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lives inside the lumen of the intestine

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enterozoic

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short visit for nourishment

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sporadic

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infection within a family

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endemic

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type of life cycle with only one host

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direct

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type of life cycle with 2 or more host

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indirect

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type of life cycle lives in the organ

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erratic

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MOT Thru the placenta

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transplacental