Parasites Flashcards
7 risk factors for parasitic disease
Domicile/traveler in endemic zones
Consumption of raw or incompletely cooked food
Barefoot exposure to soil
Exposure to fresh water
Blood to blood exposures (blood transfusions, IV drug use)
Sexual activity
Immunocompromised
Type of host that harbors adult parasite; is where reproduction takes place
Definitive host
Type of host that harbors larval forms; is where asexual reproduction takes place but adults do not develop
Intermediate hosts
Infection passed from an animal to a human
Zoonotic
A zoonotic infection describes this
Passed from animal to a human
2 types of vectors
Mechanical or biological
Are protozoans or metazoans single-celled organisms?
Protozoans
Are protozoans or metazoans multicellular organisms?
Metazoans
4 relevant phyla of protozoans
Amoebozoa
Flagellates
Ciliates
Apicomplexans (aka Sporozoans or Coccidians)
Protozoan or Metazoan:
Amoebozoa (include Loboseans and Heteroloboseans)
Protozoan
Protozoan or Metazoan:
Flagellates (include Diplomonads, Parabasalids, and Kinetoplastids)
Protozoan
Protozoan or Metazoan:
Ciliates (Ciliophora)
Protozoan
Protozoan or Metazoan:
Apicomplexans (aka Sporozoans or Coccidians)
Protozoan
Protozoan or Metazoan:
Nemathelminths (roundworms)
Metazoan
Protozoan or Metazoan:
Platyhelmintes (flatworms)
Metazoan
Other names for roundworms
Nematodes, Nemathelminthes
Other name for flatworms
Platyhelmintes
2 subdivisions of Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
Cestodes (tapeworms) and Trematodes (Flukes)
Other name for cestodes
Tapeworms
Other name for trematodes
Flukes
Other name for tapeworms
Cestodes
Other name for Flukes
Trematodes
Other name for flatworms
Platyhelminthes
Protozoans typically require a large amount of this
Moisture
Majority of protozoans are _______
free-living
Found in marine, fresh water and terrestrial habitats
Protozoans are an important part of the food chain because of this function
Are essential decomposers
Do protozoans have a cell wall?
No
Are protozoans eukaryotic or prokaryotic?
Eukaryotic
Do protozoans have chloroplasts?
No
Do protozoans have structures for movement?
Yes
Cilia, flagella, or pseudopodia
Protozoan vegetative or feeding form
Trophozoite
Protozoan resting form
Cyst
Trophozoite is this form of protozoan
Vegetative or feeding form