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PARASITOLOGY Flashcards

1
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wingless arthropods

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ticks
bedbugs
mites
spiders

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2
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head louse

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Pediculus humanus capitis

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3
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scabies is a type of (INFECTION, INFESTATION)

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INFESTATION

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4
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Agent of “crabs”

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Pthuris pubis (an ectoparasite)

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5
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infective stage of Leishmania spp. to humans

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Promastigote

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6
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agent of KALA-AZAR/DUMDUM FEVER/VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS

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Leishmania donovani

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7
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agent of Chaga’s disease

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T. cruzi

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Rhodesian/East African sleeping sickness

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T. brucei rhodiense

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9
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Gambian disea/West African sleeping sickness

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T. brucie gambiense

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10
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parasite that can undergo autofluorescence

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Cyclospora

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11
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important cause of CHORIORETINITIS

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Toxoplasma

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12
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patient with CEREBRAL CALCIFICATION must be tested with

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Toxoplasma antibody titer

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13
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oocysts recovered in cat feces

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Toxoplasma gondii

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14
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gold standard for malaria

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Giemsa stain

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15
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parasite Lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) is produced by

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all four plasmodium species (falciparum, malariae, vivax, ovale)

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16
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HRP-II antigen is produced by

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P. falciparum

17
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HRP-2 is detected by what test

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MalaQuick Standby Malaria test

18
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principal vector of malaria in the philippines

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Anopheles minimus flavirostris

19
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definitive host of plasmodium spp.

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Female anopheles mosquito

20
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paroxysmal cycle of P. malariae

21
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paroxysmal cycle of P. vivax and ovale

22
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paroxysmal cycle of P. falciparum

23
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has a paroxysmal cycle of 24 hours

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P. knowlesi

24
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hypnozoites maybe seen in malarial infections caused by

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P. vivax and ovale

25
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PLASMODIUM spp. responsible for 90% of malaria cases

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P. falciparum & P. vivax

26
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Protozoan with an undulating membrane

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Pentatrichomonas

Trichomonas

27
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Test for diagnosis of Giardia lamblia

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ENTEROTEST

28
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causes “crypt” hypertrophy in duodenum & subsequential diarrhea

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G. lamblia

29
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assoc. with steatorrhea and Gay bowel syndrome

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G. lamblia

30
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Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)

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Naegleria fowleri

31
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double walled cyst, outer-wrinkled wall & inner polygonal wall

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Acanthamoeba

32
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amoeba with ingested Neutrophils

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E. gingivalis

33
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amoeba with caharcteistic of “basket nucleus”

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Iodamoeba butschlii

34
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sluggish, non-directional, “dirty cytoplasm”

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Entamoeba coli

35
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mature cyst of Entamoeba coli contains ___ nuclei

36
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SREHP stands for_________________

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Serine Rich Entamoeba histolytica Protein

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