Parasites Flashcards
Transmission via contact and penetration of eyes
Acanthamoeba
transmission via inhalation
Naegleria, Acanthamoeba, enterobius
transmission via vector borne
kissing bug- trypansoma
mosquito- plasmodium and wucherein
sand fly- leishmania
tsetse fly- trypansoma
transmission via contact and skin penetration
ancyclostoma, necator, schistosoma
transmission via sexual contact
giardia, entamobea, trichomonis
transmission via fecal- oral
ascaris, balantidum, cryptosporidum, cyclospora, echinococus, entamoeba, enterobius, fasicola, giardia, taenia, toxoplasm
Intestinal Cestode/Tapeworm
Taenia Saginata (beef tapeworm) Taenia Solium (pork tapeworm)
Systemic Cestode/Tapeworm
Echinococcus Granulosus (dog tapeworm) Echinococcus Multilocularis (rodent tapeworm)
Trematodes/ Flukes
Fasciolopsis Buski (intestinal flukes) Paragonimus Westermani (lung fluke) Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke) Clonorchis Sinensis (chinese liver fluke) Schistoma (blood flukes)
Intestinal Nematode/Roundworm/Nemathelminths
"EAT STAT" enterobius/pinworm ascaris/roundworm tricharis/whipworm strongyloids toxocara ancyclostoma/necator/hookworms trichinella (worm)
Tissue Nematode/Roundworm/Nemathelminths
"BOWL FATD" Filarial Worm- Brugia malayi, onchocerca volvulus, wucheria bancrofti, loa loa Ancyclostoma (zoonotic) Trichinella (larva) Dracunculus
Extraintestinal/ Blood and tissue Protozoa
Plasmodium leishmania trypanosoma toxoplasm gondii naegleria fowleri acanthamoeba
Intestinal Protozoa
Entamoeba histolytica giardia lamblia balantidum coli cryptospordium parvum cyclospora cyatenesis trichomonas vaginalis
Parasites that affect brain
strongyloide
ascaris
toxoplasm
echinostoma revolutum
parasites that affect eyes
trichinella
Loa loa
Toxoplasma
Dirofilaria