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Protist Pathogens Flashcards

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1
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All protists are part of which domain?

A

Eukarya

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2
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Protists can be subdivided into 3 sections based on how they obtain nutrients. What are these 3 divisions?

A

Fungus-like protists, algae, and protozoans

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3
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What is the process that means a body of water has acquired a high concentration of nutrients?

A

Eutrophication

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4
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What is the term for fluctuation of algal population?

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Algal bloom

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5
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Plankton are also called what?

A

Dinoflagellates

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6
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What toxin causes paralytic shellfish poisoning?

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Saxitoxin

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7
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What toxin causes neurotoxic shellfish poisoning?

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Brevetoxin

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What type of algae have cell walls that contain pectin and silica?

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Diatoms

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Which type of protists are the most animal like and use phagocytosis to obtain nutrients?

A

Protozoans

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What are the 3 divisions of protozoans?

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Amoeba, ciliates, and flagellates

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Which protist phylum have no mitochondria and have 2 or more flagella?

A

Archaezoa

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What is the structure at the back end of archaezoa that aid in attachment to the host?

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Axostyle

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What is the most common human pathogenic protozoan that also causes and STI called trichomoniasis?

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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What is the scientific term for strawberry cervix caused by T. vaginalis?

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Colpitis macularis

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What is the scientific name for the protist that causes giardiasis?

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Giardia lamblia

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What are the type of protists that move using pseudopods?

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Amoebozoa

17
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What is the scientific name for the protist that causes amebiasis?

A

Entamoeba histolytica

18
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What is the term for a severe form of amebiasis?

A

Amebic dysentery

19
Q

What is the classification of protists that have specialized organelles like apicoplasts, microenems, and phoptries?

A

Apicomplexa

20
Q

What is the most common cause of malaria?

A

Plasmodium falciparum

21
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What is the vector in the plasmodium species?

A

Female anopheles mosquito

22
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What are the two ways to diagnose malaria?

A

Check for enlarged spleen and use the lamp test

23
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What is the name of the protist that causes toxoplasmosis?

A

Toxoplasma gondii

24
Q

Which disease are cats that definitive host?

A

Toxoplasma gondii

25
Q

Which phylum of protists are flagellates?

A

Euglenozoa

26
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How are hemoflagellates transmitted?

A

Via blood-feeding insects

27
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What is the scientific name of the protist that causes 95% of sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan African countries?

A

Trypanosoma brucei

28
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What is the vector in Trypanosoma brucei?

A

the tsetse fly

29
Q

What are the stages of Trypanosoma brucei?

A

Stage 1: parasite travels through bloodstream and multiplies
Stage 2: enters the brain and CSF

30
Q

What is the scientific name for American trypanosomiasis?

A

Trypanosoma cruzi

31
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What is the common name for Trypanosoma cruzi?

A

Chagas disease

32
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What is the vector in Chagas disease?

A

the kissing bug/triatoma

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