Paracites

Question 1

What is a parasite defined as?

Answer 1

An organism that lives in a host organism and gets its nutrients at the expense of the host

Question 2

What parasitic disease causes the most deaths globally?

Answer 2

Malaria

Question 3

What are the 3 classes of parasites?

Answer 3

Arthropods
Helminths
Protozoa

Question 4

What are examples of each class of Parasite? Protozoa?

Answer 4

Malaria
Amoeba
Flagellates

Question 5

Helminhs?

Answer 5

Roundworm
Tapeworm
FLukes

Question 6

Arthropods?

Answer 6

Lice
Mites
Ticks

Question 7

Describe a typical protozoa

Answer 7

Singled celled microscopic organisms

Question 8

In which ways can a protozoa be transported?

Answer 8

Fecal - Oral route

Via a vector

Question 9

What organism causes Malaria?

Answer 9

Plasmodium species

Question 10

What is the life cycle of malaria?

Answer 10

Sporozites injected under the skin by mosquito
Travel though blood
Enter liver
Mature in liver and re-enter the circulation as merozites
Invade red cells
multiple and lyse
taken up by mosquito

Question 11

What is amoebic dysentery?

Answer 11

Diorrea with blood and pus

Question 12

What organisim causes amoebic dysentery?

Answer 12

Entamoeba histolytica

Question 13

What occurs in late stage amoebic dysentery?

Answer 13

Cysts in stool and liver abscess

Question 14

What organism causes leishmaniasis

Answer 14

Sandflys