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What organisms are transmitted via contaminated food or water via an arthropod vector?

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protozoans

malaria- arthropod vector

Infect the intestinal area or blood.

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What are the four groups of parasites?

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  1. Amoebas
  2. Flagellates
  3. Ciliates
  4. Coccidia (Malaria)
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How can you identify the first three parasites?

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Look for cyst form or troph form.

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What is usually the infective form of parasites?

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CYST form

TROPH form is usually not the infective form.

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What is the general characteristic of cyst and troph forms?

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Cyst form is non motile; Troph form is motile and feeding form.

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What is the shape of cysts and trophs?

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Cysts are normally round; Trophs may take on a variety of different shapes.

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How many nuclei does a troph typically have?

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Normally a troph will only have 1 nucleus.

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What are the symptoms of amoebas?

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Diarrhea and stomach pain.

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What is Entamoeba Histolytica associated with?

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Amoebic dysentery, which means blood in stool.

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Where is Entamoeba Histolytica commonly found?

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In tropic and subtropic regions.

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What is the pathogenicity of Entamoeba Histolytica?

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Depends on host and number of organisms seen.

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What is a unique feature of Entamoeba Histolytica?

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It is the only amoeba that ingests red blood cells.

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What are the characteristics of the cyst form of Entamoeba Histolytica?

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Regular even chromatin, centrally placed karyosomes, blunt shaped chromatin bar, and up to 4 nuclei.

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What are the characteristics of the troph form of Entamoeba Histolytica?

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Feeding form, irregular shape, 1 nucleus, and chromatin evenly placed.

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What is Entamoeba dispar?

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A non-pathogenic look-alike to E. histolytica.

DNA probes prove this

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What distinguishes Entamoeba Hartmanni from Entamoeba Histolytica?

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Differentiated through size; cyst < 10 um = Hartmanni.

hartmanni is a mini me of histolytica

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What are the characteristics of the cyst form of Entamoeba Hartmanni?

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Regular even chromatin, centrally placed karyosomes, blunt shaped chromatin bar, up to 4 nuclei, and smaller than E. histolytica!!!

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What are the characteristics of the troph form of Entamoeba Hartmanni?

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No ingested RBCs, 1 nucleus, and chromatin evenly placed with karyosome central

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What is unique about Entamoeba coli?

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It is larger than E. histolytica and pathogenicity depends on the number of organisms found.

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What are the characteristics of the cyst form of Entamoeba coli?

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Up to 8 nuclei, blunt and uneven chromatin, and eccentric karyosomes.

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What are the characteristics of the troph form of Entamoeba coli?

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Larger than E. histolytica, 1 nuclei

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What is Endolimax nana?

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Pathogenicity depends on how heavy the infection.

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What are the characteristics of the cyst form of Endolimax nana?

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Egg or oval shaped, up to 4 nuclei, and blotchy karyosomes, no peripheral chromatin

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What are the characteristics of the troph form of Endolimax nana?

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1 nucleus and blotchy karyosomes.

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What are the characteristics of the cyst form of Iodamoeba butschlii?
Hallowed out glycogen vacuole and 1 nucleus.
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What are the characteristics of the troph form of Iodamoeba butschlii?
1 nucleus and looks similar to E. nana (need cyst form to tell difference)
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What is Blastocystis Hominis?
A debated pathogenicity organism, between fungus and parasite; granules along the side.
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What is Nagleri Fowleri?
A brain amoeba causing primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. ONLY troph stage seen but has both
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How does Nagleri Fowleri infect humans?
Swims up the nose and enters the brain.
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What is Acanthamoeba?
Causes chronic granulomatous encephalitis and is associated with homemade contact lenses.
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What are the characteristics of the troph form of Acanthamoeba?
Cyst and troph forms; identification done by ophthalmologist by scraping corneal ulcer and placed on agar-agar with aliquot of heat killed/live e.coli
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What are the general characteristics of flagellates?
They move by flagella; cyst is the infective form and diagnostic.
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What is Giardia duodenalis?
The most common intestinal flagellate seen in the US. CAUSES purple burps- lots of gas seen in summer months
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What are the characteristics of the cyst stage of Giardia duodenalis?
Bigger than yeast, - football shape -dividing structure called axoneme -parabasal bodies - 4 nuclei but typ, 2
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What are the characteristics of the troph form of Giardia duodenalis?
Feeding form -elongated shape -2 nuclei with axoneme -falling leaf motility -common to see -taper at end -see flagella
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What is Dientamoeba fragilis?
A flagellate with only troph stage; co-infects with pinworm -hard to identify because degrades quickly once passed through stool -symmetry of nuclei
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What is Chilomastix mesnilii?
A small parasite with a pear or lemon-shaped cyst. -usually not pathogenic
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What are the characteristics of the cyst form of Chilomastix mesnilii?
Lemon shaped, 1 nucleus, and shepherd's crook- cytostome
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What is Trichomonas Vaginalis?
A sexually transmitted parasite that affects humans only. ONLY troph stage
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What are the symptoms of Trichomonas Vaginalis in women?
Itching, frothy discharge, and strawberry patch appearance in vaginal wall
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What are the characteristics of the troph stage of Trichomonas Vaginalis?
Infective and diagnostic phase; motile with an undulating membrane. motile helps with diagnose but if sits still will stop moving and look like WBC
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What is Balantidium coli?
The only pathogenic ciliate to humans and the largest protozoan to infect man.
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what does asymptomatic entamoeba histolytica look like?
shedding organism in the stool which they can pass on and affect others
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what can severe infections of entamoeba histolytica look like
shed pieces of intestinal mucosa and get tumor like lesions with multiple diarrheic episodes per day
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how can giardia be diagnosed
immunoassay. ELISA, multiple methods
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What are the characteristics of the troph form of Chilomastix mesnilii?
oblong shape nucleus moved to front or anterior
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men symptoms of trichomonas vaginalis
urethritis and discharge; typ. asymptomatic
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what may cause false + with leukocyte esterase test
trichomonas vaginalis
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what is reservoir of balantidium coli
not sure, but thinking infected swine
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balantidium coli cyst and troph form
macro and micro nucleus
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balantidium coli only troph form
cilia only present in this stage- moving stage

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