Protozoa Flashcards
Type of host. Parasite attains sexual maturity
Definitive or final host
Type of hist, parasite does not develop further to larval stage
Intermediate host
Type of vecto. Transmit parasite only after it has completed its development
Biologic vector
Type if vector. Only the transport if paradite
Mechanical ir photetic vector
Between infection and evidence if symptoms
Incubation period
Afected individual becomes his own direct source of infection
Autoinfection
Infected individual is further infected wt same species leading to massive infection
Huperinfection
Type of host. Allow life cycle to continue and become addtl sources of himan infection
Reservoir host
Type of parasite. Exist in a free living statebut become parasitic when the need arises
Facultative parasite
Tyoe if parasite. Need if hist at some stage of their life cycle to complete development and propagation
Obligate parasite
Biological relationship. One species benefits without harmong/ benefiting the other
Commensalism
Effects of the parasite of the host. E hist secrete cysteine proteases which digest cellular material
Enzymatic interfernce
Free living organisms that passes the digestive tract wit infecting the host
Spurious parasite
