Parasites Flashcards
Entamoeba histolytica
Amoebiasis
Parasite
Fecal-oral spread
Cryptosporidium
Cryptosporidiosis
Parasite
Fecal-oral
Intestinal infection - diarrhoea, weight loss
Giardia lamblia
Giardiasis
Parasite
Fecal-oral route
Intestinal infection - diarrhoea, weight loss
Leishmania sp.
Leishmaniasis
Parasite
Sandfly
Plasmodium sp.
Malaria
Parasite
Female anopheline mosquito
Toxoplasmosis gondii
Toxoplasmosis
Parasite
Cats
Organ lesions
Trichomonas vaginalis
Trichomoniasis
Parasite
Venereal transmission
Trypanosome gambienese/rhodesiense
African trypanosomiasis
Parasite
Tetse fly
Sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma cruzi
South American Trypanosomiasis
Parasite
Kissing bug
Chaga’s disease
Schistosoma Haematobium
S. Japonicum
S. Mansoni
Schistosomiasis
Flukes
Water snails
Eggs mature in portal and bladder veins causing granulomas and fibrosis
Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascariasis
Roundworm
Fecal-oral