Parasites Flashcards
1
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Veterinary parasitic diseases
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babesia, nagana, worm infections
2
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Human parasitic disease
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malaria, African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, river blindness, giardiasis, schistosomiasis and other worm infections
3
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clinical effects of parasitic infections
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tissue damage, mechanical interference, nutritional disturbances, secondary infections, stimulation of host cellular tissue responses
4
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subversion mechanisms
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inhibit host cell signaling pathways, antioxidant enzymes, inhibition of MHC II
5
Q
hiding out
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encystation, intracellular lifestyle, resistant to complement
6
Q
changing who you are
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antigenic variation - alter surface proteins
7
Q
life cycle of plasmodium
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different stages infect different type of body tissue
