Parasitology Flashcards
Parasitism association
Heterotypic- different species
Negative- gives negative consequences
Temporal/permanent
External/internal
Parasite
Usually smaller with lower zoological level
Host
The one being affected
Bigger and with higher zoological level
Types of hosts
Regarding:
the stage of parasite
Specificity of parasite-host relation
Epizootiologic characteristics
Definitive host
Adult stages of the parasite
Stages of sexual reproduction
Intermediate host
Larval stages of parasite
Stages of Asexual reproduction
Type specificity
The specie where the parasite was first detected
Obligatory specificity
Essential to complete life cycle
Principal specificity
The most specific host
Accidental specificity
Not the usual host
Artificial specificity
Experimentally in non-natural hosts
Paratenic specificity
Not necessary but facilitates transmission
Vector
Invertebrate carrying parasite (mostly to DH)
Mechanic- no development of parasite
Biological- with development of parasite
Multiplicative- multiplication occurs in vector
Cycloevolutive- evolution but not multiplication
Cyclomultiplicative- evolution and multiplication
Reservoir host
Harbor parasite and do not really suffer from it
Bridge host
Usually IH parasite bearing unusual shape
Usually associated to biological cycles
Types of zooparasites
Protozoa
Helminths/worms
Arthropoda
Ectoparasites
Outside host
Endoparasites
Lives inside host
Erratics
Outside their usual place