paPARASITOLOGY

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is the study of parasites and is traditionally limited to parasitic protozoa, helminths and
arthropods.

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PARASITOLOGY

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is focused on medical parasites and includes their morphology, life cycle, and the relationship with host and environment.

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HUMAN PARASITOLOGY

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live within the host

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ECDOPARASITES

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parasites which live on the
outer surface of the host.

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ECTOPARASITES

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is the one which harbors the adult parasite and where the parasite reproduces sexually.

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DEFINITIVE HOST

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is the host which harbors the larval stage or the asexual forms of the
parasite.

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INTERMEDIATE HOST

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Living together; the association of
two living organisms, each of a
different species

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SYMBIOSIS

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Association of two different species
of organisms that is beneficial to both

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MUTUALISM

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the association between
two different organisms in which
one benefits and has a neutral effect on the other.

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COMMENSALISM

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Association of two different species
of organisms that is beneficial to one at the other’s expense.

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PARASITISM

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Host that allows the parasite cycle
to continue

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RESERVIOR

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Host that harbors the parasite in its
arrested state

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PARATENIC

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Those that can cause diseases; those that can inflict injury to the host

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PATHOGENIC

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Those unable to cause any disease

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NON-PATHOGENIC/COMMENSAL

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Parasites that can live with or
without a host

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FACULTATIVE

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Parasites that can’t survive
without a host

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OBLIGATORY

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Animal parasites/non-human
parasites that can also infect
man

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ZOONOTIC

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parasite that becomes fixed
in an unusual organ different
from that which it ordinary
parasitize

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ERRATIC

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one that establishes itself in
the host in which it does not
ordinary live.

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INCIDENTAL

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those found within the host from early life to maturity

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PERMANENT

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type of parasite wherein the larval stage develops in a host while the adult is free living

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TRANSITORY

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type of parasite wherein the larval stage develops in a host different from that of adult

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PERIODIC

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those that simply visit the
host during feeding time

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INTERMITTENT

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Invasion made by endoparasites.

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INFECTION

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Invasion made by ectoparasites.

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INFESTATION

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Morphologic form that invades humans

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INFECTIVE STAGE

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forms that can be detected via laboratory retrieval methods.

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DIAGNOSTIC STAGE

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Usually an individual harboring the parasite but do not show any signs and symptoms; a state wherein the parasite lives in or on the tissues of its host without causing evident harm

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CARRIER

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there is a sudden rise in the incidence or an outbreak of considerable intensity occurs in a disease in human population

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EPIDEMIC

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there is a steady, moderate level of disease in human population

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ENDEMIC

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when communicable disease has been disseminated over an extensive area of the world.

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PANDEMIC

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3 DISTINCT DISCIPLINES

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CLASSIFICATION, NOMENCLATURE, AND IDENTIFICATION

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Organization of microorganism that share similar morphologic, physiologic, and genetic traits into specific groups or taxa.

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CLASSIFICATION

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naming of organism according to established rules and guidelines for universal recognition, with a binomial system (genus and species)

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NOMENCLATURE

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process by which a microorganism’s key features are delineated, which can be compared with other characterized microorganisms.

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IDENTIFICATION

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simple organisms, unicellular, others are aggregation of similar cell with little or no differentiation in complex structure or function.

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ALGAE

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very small non-cellular parasite or pathogens of plants, animals and bacteria, even protist.

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VIRUSES

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minute, unicellular procaryotic orgnanism, multiply by binary fission, plant-like, microscopic organism which lacks chlorophyll.

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BACTERIA

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unicellular eukaryotic organism, differentiated on the basis of morphology, physiology and nutrition.

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PROTOZOA

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eukaryotic lower plants devoid of chlorophyll, usually multicellular but not differentiated into roots. stems, and leaves, unicellular single-celled (yeast), composed of mycelium (filaments and masses of cells which make up the body, reproduce asexually and or sexually.

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FUNGI

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readily observable characteristics (visually present)

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PHENOTYPIC

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genetic makeup of the organisms (genes and nucleic acid manipulation)

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GENOTYPIC

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involves only one intermediate host.

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MONOXENOUS

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involves more than one intermediate host.

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HETEROXENOUS

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refers to the development of a parasite in its earliest form and its survival and development in the outside environment and within the host.

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LIFE CYCLE