parasites who falls victim Flashcards
sewage contaminates drinking water or when people drink unfiltered mountain stream water
Giardia lamblia
MSM common carriers
Entamoeba histolytica
contaminated water treatment centers and infants in day care (or sporadic in travelers)
cryptosporidium
eat contaminated respberries
cyclospora
spores that are found in undercooked meat (like pork) or food contaminated with cat feces
- Toxoplasma gondii
- raw pork: trichnella spiralis, taenia solium (pork tapeworm)
reactivation of latent infection in an immunocompromised pt
Toxoplasma gondii
preg women should avoid cats bc of
Toxoplasma gondii
tsetse fly bite
African sleeping sickness from trypanosoma rhodesiense and trypanosoma gambiense
from swimming in lakes or contaminated pools
- Naegleria fowleri
- Acanthamoeba
- Balamuthia mandrillaris
southern US all the way down to mexico, central and south America
chagas dis from trypanosoma cruzi (the American trypanosome)
in rodents, opossums, and armadillos
chagas dis from trypanosoma cruzi (the American trypanosome)
Vector is the reduviid bug (kissing bug)
chagas dis from trypanosoma cruzi (the American trypanosome)
tick (mouse reservoir)
babesiosis
NE coastal US
babesiosis
from female anopheles mosquito
malaria
if sickle cell, not get
malaria from p. falciparum
carried by rodents, dogs, and foxes, Transmitted by the sandfly.
leishmania from leishmania tropica, chagasi, major, braziliensis, donovani
found in south and central America, Africa, and the middle east.
leishmania from leishmania tropica, chagasi, major, braziliensis, donovani
Venezuela and Ethiopia.
diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis
if deficeint cell mediated immune systems
diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis
malnourished kids
visceral leishmaniasis kala-azar
pig feces
balamuthia mandriallaris
Africa and central and south America.
Onchocerca volvulus
black fly
Onchocerca volvulus
