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What is parasitology

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science that deals with organisms that depend on other living organisms for shelter and nourishment

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What is medical parasitology

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the study and medical implications of parasites that infect humans

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What is helmintology and protozoologu

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The study of helminths/worms and protozoans respectively

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What is helminthology and protozoology

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The study of helminths/worms and protozoans respectively

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What is entomology

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Study of arthropods

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What is medical entomology

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The branch of entomology that deals with arthropods that affect the health and well being of man and vertebrates

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What is a parasite

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a living organism that acquires some of its basic nutritional requirements through its intimate contact with another living organism”.

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What are the 2 forms a parasite can be

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simple unicellular protozoa or complex multicellular metazoa

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What are the 2 forms a parasite can be

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simple unicellular protozoa or complex multicellular metazoa

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What are eukaryotes

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a cell with a well-defined chromosome in a membrane-bound nucleus

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What are all parasites (Euk/Prok)

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Eukaryotes

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Define a host

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the organism in, or on, which the parasite lives and causes harm

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What’s a definitive host

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the organism in which the adult or sexually mature stage of the parasite lives

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What’s an intermediate host

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“the organism in which the parasite lives during a period of its development only”

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What is zoonosis

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A disease of an animal that infects man

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What is a vector

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A living carrier (arthropod) that Carrie’s a pathogenic organism form an infected host to a non infected host

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What is the universal system for the classification of parasites

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there is no universally accepted system

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How many species and phyla of parasites are there

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800,000 identified species categorized into 33 phyla (but it is estimated that there may be ~10m species in total)

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What are the sub kingdoms of parasites

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protozoa (unicellular) and metazoa (multicellular)

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How are protozoan parasites categorized

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according to morphology and means of locomotion.

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What phylum do most parasite species that cause human disease belong to

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phylums sarcomastigophora and apicomplexa

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How are metazoans (helminths and arthropods) categorized

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According to site of infection; intestinal, blood and tissue parasites , cutenous, urogenital etc

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What are some phyla the protozoan divided into

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Sarcomastigophora
Apicomplexa (sporozoa)
Ciliophora (ciliates)
Microsporidia

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What are the sun phyla under sarcomastigophora

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Sarcodina (amoebae)
Mastigophora (flagelletes)

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What’s the mode of movement for sarcodina
Pseudopodia
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What’s the mode of movement for the mastigophora
Flagella
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What’s the organelle of locomotion for apicomplexa (sporozoa)
No organelle of locomotion
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What kind of life cycle do apicomplexa (sporozoa) have
A complex life cycle with alternating sexual and asexual reproductive phases
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What’s the mode of locomotion for ciliophora (ciliates)
Cilia
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What’s the mode of locomotion for ciliophora
Cilia
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What is microsporidia
A spore forming parasite
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What is a genus under sarcodina
Entamoeba
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What is a genus under mastigophora
Giardia
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What is a genus under apicomplexa (ciliates)
Plasmodium
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What is a genus under ciliophora
Balantidium
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What’s a genus under ciliophora
Balantidium
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What’s a genus under microsporidia
Enterocytozoa
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Example of a specie under entamoeba
E. histolytica
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Example of a specie under Giardia
G. lamblia
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Examples of a specie under plasmodium
P. falciparum P. vivac P. malariæ P. ovale P. knowlesi
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Example of a specie under Balantidium
B. coli
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Example of a specie under enterocytozoa
E. bienusi
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What are the types of parasites according to mode of locomotion
– Amoebae - pseudopodia; – Flagellates - flagella; – Ciliates - cilia and – Sporozoa – absence of locomototion.
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What are the types of parasites According to degree of pathogenicity
– (I) pathogenic; – (2) Non-pathogenic (commensals); – (3) opportunistic
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Helminths of humans belong to what 2 major phyla
Nematoda (roundworms) and Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
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What are the 2 subdivisions of platylhelminthis
Trematoda (flukes) and Cestoda (tapeworms)
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2 examples of phyla under metazoa
Nematoda (roundworms) Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)
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What are 2 examples of phyla under metazoa
Nematoda (Roundworm) Platyhelminthes (Flatworm)
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Describe the nematoda phyla
Appear round in cross section They have body cavities The have a straight alimentary canal and an anus
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Describe the platyhelminthes
Dorsoventrally flattened No body cavity (and if present,) Alimentary canal is blind ending
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What are some classes under Platyhelminthes
Cestoda (tapeworms) Trematoda (flukes)
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Where are cestpdes (tapeworms) found
Intestine of the host
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What body parts do cestpdes (tapeworms) have
A head (scolex) Sucking organs Segmented body NO alimentary canal
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What about each body segment of cestodes (tapeworms)
Each body segment of hermaphrodite
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Describe trematodes
Non segmented Leaf shaped 2 suckers but NO distinct head They have an alimentary canal Usually hermaphrodite
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What’s the exception of trematodes that’s thread like with separate sexes
Schistosomes
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What are examples of genus under nematode
Ascaris (round worm) Tichuris (whip worm) Ancylostoma (hook worm) Necator (hook worm) Enterobius (pin worm or thread worm Strongyloides
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What’s an example of genus under cestoda
Tænia (tapeworm)
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What are examples of genus under trematodes
Fasciolopsis (liver fluke) Schistosoma
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What are the 2 groups of parasites According to their anatomical habitat in human
Ectoparasites Endoparasites
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What is an ectoparasite
a parasite that lives on the external surface of another living organism” ( Parasitizing the skin surface)
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Examples of ectoparasites
Lice Ticks
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What is an endoparasite
a parasite that lives within another living organism
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Examples of endoparasites
malaria, Giardia
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10 examples of amoebæ (intestinal)
–Entamoeba histolytica –Entamoeba dispar* – Entamoeba hartmanni –Entamoeba coli –Entamoeba polecki –Endolimax nana –Iodamoeba butschlii –Blastocystis hominis -Entamoeba gingivalis - Entamoeaba moshkovskii - Entamoeba invadens
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7 Example of flagellates (intestinal)
•Giardia lamblia •Chilomastix mesnili •Dientamoeba fragilis •Trichomonas hominis •Enteromonas hominis •Retortamonas intestinalis •Histonomas meleagridis
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Example of intestinal ciliates
Balantidium coli
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5 examples of intestinal coccidia
–Cryptosporidium parvum –Cyclospora cayetanensis –Isospora belli –Sarcocystis hominis –Sarcocystis suihominis
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Examples of microsporidia (intestinal)
–Enterocytozoon bieneusi –Encephalitozoon intestinalis
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Examples of Blood and tissue Sporozoa
•Plasmodium vivax •Plasmodium ovale •Plasmodium malariae •Plasmodium falciparum •Babesia species
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Examples of Blood and tissue Sporozoa
•Plasmodium vivax •Plasmodium ovale •Plasmodium malariae •Plasmodium falciparum •Babesia species
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What are the 2 major blood and tissue approximately diseases
Malaria and babesiosis
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What are the 2 major blood and tissue approximately diseases
Malaria and babesiosis
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Examples of blood and tissue flagellates
•Leishmania tropica complex •Leishmania mexicana complex •Leishmania braziliensis complex •Leishmania donovani complex •Leishmania peruviana •Trypanosoma brucei gambiense •Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense •Trypanosoma cruzi •Trypanosoma rangeli
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Example of amoeba in other body sites
–Naegleria fowleri –Acanthamoeba species –Entamoeba gingivalis –Balamuthia mandrillaris (Leptomyxid ameba)
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Example of flagellates, in other body sites
–Trichomonas vaginalis –Trichomonas tenax
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Example of coccidia in other sites of the body
–Toxoplasma gondii –Sarcocystis “lindemanni”
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What are 10 examples of microsporidia in other sites of the body
–Nosema connori (eyes) –Vittaforma corneae (eyes) –Pleistophora ronneafiei (muscle) –Trachipleistophora hominis (eyes,muscle) –Brachiola –Encephalitozoon hellum (eyes) –Encephalitozoon cuniculli (systemic) –Encephalitozoon intestinalis (SI) –Encephalitozoon bienusi –microsporidium spp. (eyes) –Enterocytozoon bienusi (SI, biliary tree) • Anncaliia algerae (Eyes, muscle) • Anncaliia connori (Systemic) • Anncaliia vesicularum (Muscle)
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Examples of intestinal nematodes
–Ascaris lumbricoides –Enterobius vermicularis –Ancylostoma duodenale –Necator americanus –Strongyloides stercoralis –Trichostrongylus species –Trichuris trichiura –Capillaria philippinensis
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Example of intestinal cestodes
–Diphyllobothrium latum –Dipylidium caninum –Hymenolepis nana –Hymenolepis diminuta –Taenia solium –Taenia saginata
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Examples of intestinal trematodes
–Fasciolopsis buski –Echinostoma ilocanum –Heterophyes heterophyes –Metagonimus yokogawai
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10 Examples of blood and tissue nematodes
–Trichinella spiralis –Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati (Visceral larva migrans and Ocular larva migrans –Ancylostoma braziliense and Ancylostoma caninum (Cutaneous larva migrans) –Dracunculus medinensis –Angiostrongylus cantonensis –Angiostrongylus costaricensis –Gnathostoma spinigerum –Anisakis spp. ,Phocanema spp., contaceacum spp. (larva from saltwater fish) –Eustrongilides spp. –Capillaria hepatica –Thelazia spp. –Gnathostoma spp.
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Example of filarial worms (nematodes) in the blood and tissue
–Wuchereria bancrofti –Brugia malayi –Brugia timori –Loa loa –Onchocerca volvulus –Mansonella ozzardi –Mansonella streptocerca –Mansonella perstans –Dirofilaria immitis (usually lung lesion; in dogs, heartworm) –Dirofilaria spp. (subcutaneous nodules)
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Examples of tissue cestodes (Larva form)
–Taenia solium –Echinococcus granulosus –Echinococcus multilocularis –Taenia multiceps (formerly Multiceps multiceps) –Taenia serialis –Spirometra mansonoides –Spirometra mansoni –Diphyllobothrium spp.
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Examples of trematodes in the liver/lungs
–Clonorchis (Opisthorchis) sinensis –Opisthorchis viverrini –Fasciola hepatica –Paragonimus westermani –Paragonimus mexicanus –Paragonimus species
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Examples of trematodes in the blood
–Schistosoma mansoni –Schistosoma haematobium –Schistosoma japonicum –Schistosoma intercalatum –Schistosoma mekongi
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List 5 classes under Arthropods
- Diplopoda - Chilopoda - Crustacea - Arachnida - Insecta
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Example of diplopoda
Millipedes
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Example of Chilopoda
Centipedes
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Examples of Crustacea
–Copepoda: copepods (Cyclops) –Decapoda: crayfish, lobsters, crabs
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Examples of arachnida
–Scorpiones: scorpions –Araneae: spiders (black widow, brown recluse) –Acari (ticks; Dermacentor, Ixodes, Argas, Ornithodoros) –Mites (Sarcoptes)
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Examples of insecta
–Anoplura: sucking lice (Pediculus, Phthirus) –Siphonaptera: fleas (Pulex, Xenopsylla, etc.) –Dictyoptera: cockroaches –Hemiptera: true bugs (Triatoma) –Hymenoptera: bees, wasps, etc. –Coleoptera: beetles –Lepidoptera: butterflies, caterpillars, moths, etc. –Diptera: flies, mosquitoes, gnats, midges
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Examples of pentastomids in the tissue (larval form)
•Armillifer species •Linguatula serrata •Sebekia species
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What are pentastomoids
Tongue worms
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Examples of pentastomoids in the nasopharyngeal tract (adult form)
•Armillifer species •Linguatula serrata
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Examples of Acanthocephalans (thorny headed worms) in the intestines
Macrocanthorynchus hirudinace
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What are Macrocanthorynchus hirudinace
Thorny headed worms
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Where are the adult pentastomoids found
Nasopharyngeal tract
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Where are larval pentastomoids found
Tissue

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