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Protozoan microorganisms Flashcards

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Parasites

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1) Prokaryotic cells
Bacteria/Archea

2) Eukaryotic cells
Fungi (yeasts/moulds)
Parasites (protozoa/helminth, ectoparasites)

3) Acellular structures
(not made of cells)
Viruses
Prions

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Define Parasite;

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living eukaryote organism, which takes its nourishment and other needs from a host. Depends on the host for nutrition

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ENDOparasites

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nside of the host’s body - Permanently
Some anaerobes, some aerobes
Protozoa and helminths

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ECTOparasites

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ON the outer surface of the host’s body – temporary or permanent
Aerobes
Some ectoparasites serve as vectors of pathogens
ticks, fleas, lice, and mites

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Endoparasites - Protozoa

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Monocellular
Mostly asexual reproduction (most by binary fission), and sexual reproduction
some are non-motile, those motile use either flagella or cilia

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Endoparasites (Protozoa vs helminths) - Helminths

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Pluricellular, Parasitic worms (usually visible)
Sexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction

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What are the general characteristics of protozoa?

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Ranging in size - 2-100 μM

All protozoa are chemoheterotrophs
preformed organic substances
Similar requirements of the mammalian cells

Require HIGH moisture

Diverse oxygen requirements

Establish parasitic relationships with many hosts

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Life Cycle Stages
Some protozoa (e.g. Giardia intestinalis, an intestinal protozoal parasite) exist in two morphological forms/stages:

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1) Trophozoite
2) Cyst

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1) Trophozoite

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Motile, vegetative (active) form

Actively feed and multiply

Pathogenic form

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2) Cyst

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External, non-parasitic form

Possess a protective membrane or thickened wall (survival outside the host)

Means of transfer between hosts

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Transmission of intestinal protozoa

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Transmission of intestinal protozoa that live in a human’s intestine to another human typically occurs through a fecal-oral route

Contaminated food
Contaminated water
Domestic pets
Sewage/waste water

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What is the process of intestinal protozoa?

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  1. contamination of foods, water, hands with infective cysts
  2. cysts ingested

[cysts > trophozoites = Giardia mature and x in gut]

  1. infective cysts passed in stool / trophozoites are passed in stool but they do not survive in the environment
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Medically relevant protozoa – motality classification

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protozoan infections can be inapparent/mild in normal individuals, yet life-threatening in immunosuppressed patients (e.g. AIDS).

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Classified by their motile form = portozoa

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Amoebae - amoeboid movement (temporary extensions of the plasma membrane)

Flagellates - use flagella

Ciliates - use cilia

Sporozoa - Non motile, spore-producing protozoa

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Amebae

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Move by extending pseudopods
arm-like projection of the cell membrane

Engulf food with pseudopods and phagocytize
Entamoeba histolytica - feeds on red blood cells

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Flagellates

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Possess one or more flagella for locomotion and sensation

they incl.
Intestinal and genito-urinary flagellates (e.g. Giardia and Trichomonas)

Blood and tissue flagellates (Trypanosoma and Leishmania)

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Transmission of blood borne protozoa- Leishmania

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Leishmania spp. parasitise - in mononuclear phagocytic cells

Leishmania protozoa - usually spread through the bite of infected sand flies

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Transmission of blood borne protozoa- step by step:

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1) sandfly take a blood meal

2) Human - promastifotes are phacoytized by macrophages other types of monocular phygocytic cells

3) Promastigotes transform into amastigotes

4) Amastigotes multiply in cells of various and infect other cells

5) Sandfly takes a blood meal

6) Ingestion of parasitised cell

7) Amastigotes transform into promastigote stage in gut

8) Divide in gut and migrate to proboscis

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Leishmaniasis

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis - affects the skin (skin ulcers)

Mucosal leishmaniasis - affects the mucous membranes of the nose and mouth, causing sores and destroying tissues

Visceral leishmaniasis - affects the internal organs, particularly the bone marrow, lymph nodes, liver, and spleen

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Trichomoniasis

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Lower genital tract infections

Caused by infection of Trichomonas vaginalis

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Common sexually transmitted disease (STD)

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Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea (bacteria)
Genital herpes, AIDS (viruses, i.e. HSV and HIV)
Various human papilloma virus infections

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Ciliates

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Complex protozoa that move by cilia (hair-like organelles) distributed in rows or patches

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flagella in which cell? (hair like tail - swim)

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Spermatozoa

Sperm cell

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Types of nuclei - ciliates:

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Human apthogen - Balantidium coli

Transmitted through infected pigs
Also oral-fecal transmission

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Sporozoa - Do not have any locomotory extensions

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Complex life cycles
Alternating sexual and asexual reproduction, also involving spores
Usually, they have more than one host (definitive and intermediate hosts)

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Sporozoa - Intracellular parasites

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Cryptosporidium - diarrheal disease cryptosporidiosis
Cyclospora - intestinal illness
Toxoplasma – usually mild flu-like illnesses (humans are the intermediate host, cats are the definitive hosts). In pregnancy, Toxoplasmosis
Plasmodium species - malaria

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Plasmodium
= agent for malaria

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the major and most deadly protozoa-causing

[4 species responsible – P. malariae, P. vivax, P. falciparum and P. ovale
P. falciparum causes the most severe disease and is the most common]

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Transmission of Plasmodium:

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Spread to humans by the bite of female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles
Blood transfusions
Mother to fetus

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Malaria

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Around 250 million new cases and 1 – 2.5 million deaths each year

Endemic (disease constantly present at a constant level)

Acute febrile illness
Symptoms after 10-14 days from mosquito’s bite

Serious complications may occur
cerebral malaria
severe anaemia

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Malaria and Life Cycle of Plasmodium

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1) Mosquito Anopheles bite

2) Sporozoites

3) Infected hepotocyte
Hepatic schizont
Ruptured schizont {all in liver}

4) Merozoites
early/ late trophozoite, blood stage

5) Gametocyte

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What is the vector of the protozoa that causes Malaria?

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Female Mosquitos Anopheles

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Control of malaria - prevention, vaccine?

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One vaccine (RTS,S) available showing modest efficacy, preventing about 30% of severe malaria cases

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Drugs to prevent malaria (prophylaxis, reducing the risk of malaria of 90%)

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Atovaquone plus proguanil – started 1-2 days before the travel
Doxycycline (Vibramycin-D) – started 1-2 days before the travel
Mefloquine (Lariam) – started 2-3 week before the travel
Chloroquine and proguanil – started 1 week before the travel

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How many weeks do you have to take malaria tablets after leaving country?

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4 weeks

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50% Diethyltoluamide (DEET),

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Personal protection against bites (Insect repellents, covering clothes, nets)

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Antiprotozoal drugs

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  • Unicellular eukaryotes = less easily treated than bacterial infections
  • most antiprotozoan drugs is not completely elucidated
  • antiprotozoal drugs cause serious toxic effects in the host (e.g. Mefloquine)
  • most are unsafe for pregnant women
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What are the Principles of microorganisms identification?

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  1. Study growth of biochemical characteristics of isolated microorganisms - PURE cultues for bacteria, fungal cells, virus cultivation
  2. Immunologic tests - detected antibodies or microbial antigens/proteins = detect presence microbial protein/antigen in a sample using antibodies directed against the protein
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Molecular methods (detecting the specific genome of a certain microorganism)

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  • Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) based techniques allow amplification of a known gene of interest (based on unique sequence of nucleotide)
  • nucleic acid sequencing

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