Final Flashcards
(81 cards)
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What parasite causes amoebic dysentery and can form liver abscesses?
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What protozoan parasite causes greasy
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foul-smelling diarrhea?
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Giardia lamblia
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Which parasite is transmitted via Anopheles mosquito and infects liver & RBCs?
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Plasmodium spp.
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Which protozoan can cross the placenta and is found in cat feces?
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Toxoplasma gondii
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What causes African sleeping sickness and is spread by the tsetse fly?
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Trypanosoma brucei
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What protozoan causes Chagas disease?
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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Which parasite is spread by the sandfly and infects macrophages?
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Leishmania donovani
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Which nematode causes large intestinal obstruction and migrates through the lungs?
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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What is the most common helminth in children causing nocturnal perianal itch?
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Enterobius vermicularis
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Which parasite can autoinfect and is treated with ivermectin?
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Strongyloides stercoralis
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Which two nematodes penetrate the skin and cause iron-deficiency anemia?
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Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus (Hookworms)
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What helminth is associated with undercooked pork and muscle pain?
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Trichinella spiralis
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Which fluke is acquired through skin penetration in freshwater and causes liver/bladder disease?
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Schistosoma spp.
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What liver fluke is transmitted through water plants and infects the bile ducts?
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Fasciola hepatica
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Which fluke is contracted by eating raw fish and lives in the biliary tract?
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Clonorchis sinensis
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What tapeworm causes neurocysticercosis from ingesting eggs?
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Taenia solium
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What cestode causes hydatid cysts in liver/lungs and is associated with dog feces?
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Echinococcus granulosus
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Which mosquito genus transmits malaria?
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Anopheles
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What arthropod transmits dengue
Zika
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Aedes mosquito
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What tick transmits Lyme disease and babesiosis?
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Ixodes scapularis
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What parasite burrows into skin and causes intense itching at night?
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Sarcoptes scabiei (scabies)
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Which arthropod causes tungiasis and burrows under toenails?
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Tunga penetrans
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What causes itchy scalp and spreads through close contact or sharing items?
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Pediculus humanus capitis (head lice)
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Which Plasmodium species is the most dangerous and causes cerebral malaria?
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Plasmodium falciparum
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Which Plasmodium species have liver hypnozoites and cause relapses?
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Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale
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What parasite causes “banana-shaped” gametocytes on blood smear?
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Plasmodium falciparum
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What disease is characterized by periorbital swelling
cardiac damage
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Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)
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What helminth causes eosinophilia
GI upset
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Strongyloides or Ascaris
