parasites

Question 1

Entamoeba histolytica is also nown by?

Answer 1

Montezumas revenge, amoebic dysentery

Question 2

Where is Montezumas revenge most common to obtain?

Answer 2

Common in Mexico in still water

Question 3

What does Montezumas Revenge cause?

Answer 3

Bloody diharrea, and sometimes liver abcess

Question 4

What stages does Entamoeba histolytica have?

Answer 4

Cyst and Trophozoite

Question 5

How many nuclei does a Entamoeba cyst have?

Answer 5

4 Nuclei and its a perfect circle

Question 6

How many nuclei does a Entamoeba trophozoite have?

Answer 6

1 nucleus with a circle in the middle (looks like an eye)

Question 7

What does Giardia intestinalis cause?

Answer 7

Gastroenteritis

Question 8

What does gastroenteritis do?

Answer 8

It causes malnutrition and dehydration (mal absorbtion)

Question 9

Where does one aqquire this parasite?

Answer 9

Commonly found in daycare centers and affects hikers and campers through drinking or eating contaminated food and water.

Question 10

How many stages does Giardia intestinalis have?

Answer 10

Two stages, cyst and trophozoite

Question 11

What does a Giardia cyst look like?

Answer 11

It is an oblong shape with a mature cyst having 4 nuclei and a immature cyst having 2

Question 12

What does a Giardia trophozoite have?

Answer 12

It has 2 nuclei towards the rounded portion and one flagella towards the pointed. It has a pear shape

Question 13

What disease does Trypanosoma cruzi cause?

Answer 13

Chagas disease

Question 14

How do you aqquire chagas disease

Answer 14

Through the vector known as an assasin bug or kissing bug

Question 15

What bug is the vector for CHagas disease

Answer 15

triatoma spp

Question 16

Are humans the definitnive host for chagas disease?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

What stages does cruzi have?

Answer 17

Only a trophozoite stage

Question 18

What does a cruzi trophozoite look like

Answer 18

it looks like a shrimp mixed with a sea monkey

Question 19

What disease does trichanomas vaginalis cause?

Answer 19

It causes trichomonaisis, an std

Question 20

Does trichonomas have a cyst stage?

Answer 20

No it does not, only a trophozoite stage

Question 21

what does a trophozoite for trichonomas look like?

Answer 21

It looks like a stingray, it has four flagella with one in the back and 4 in the front with one large nucleus seen and a smaller one towards the front

Question 22

What do cysts undergo to transform to trophozoites in balantidium coli

Answer 22

exystment

Question 23

what does a balantidium cyst look like

Answer 23

extremley large with a kidneybean shaped nucleus in it

Question 24

what does a balantidium trophozoite look like

Answer 24

large, cilliated, pear shaped, with a macronucleus and “arrow”

Question 25

What disease is associated with the plasmodium spp

Answer 25

Malaria

Question 26

What is the vector for Malaria?

Answer 26

Anopheles mosquitos

Question 27

What stages do plasmodium parasites undergp?

Answer 27

Trophozoite and gameocystes

Question 28

what dies a plasmodium cyst look like

Answer 28

normal cell with a ring in it that looks like a bulls nose ring, “rings of p”

Question 29

what does a plasmodiu gameocyte look like

Answer 29

A SAUSAGE ON A CELL