PARASIT LEC 1 Flashcards
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It is a branch of medical microbiology that deals
with the study of eukaryotic unicellular and
multicellular organisms and their medical
significance in human communities
PARASITOLOGY
is a branch of medicine which deals with tropical
diseases and other special medical problems of
tropical regions
TROPICAL MEDICINE
is an illness, which is indigenous to
or endemic in a tropical area. Many tropical
diseases are parasitic diseases.
TROPICAL DISEASE
Common or endemic in a tropical area,
such as ours, usually in Asian countries
INDIGENOUS
= co-exist, survival of species-
nourishment
ECOSYSTEM
Hunts the prey
predator
o Obtain nourishment from dead
animals/organisms
Scavengers
A relationship in which 2 species live in
close association with one another.
SYMBIOSIS
3 types of symbiosis
3 types: parasitism, mutualism,
commensalism
A relationship between 2 org in which both benefit
from each other
Mutualism
A relationship in which 1 org. benefits from the
association, but the host is neither helped nor
harmed.
Commensalism
A relationship in which one organism obtain its
nutrition at the expense of another organism
Parasitism
An org. that harbors and provides
sustenance for another org
Host
An org. that obtains its nourishment at the
expense of another org. which it affects
adversely but does not immediately kill
them
Parasite
Parasites that live outside of the
host’s body (infestation)
ECTOPARASITES
Parasites that live inside the host’s
body (infection)
ENDOPARASITES
Parasite that takes up permanent
residence in a host and are
completely dependent upon them
OBLIGATE PARASITE
Parasites that are not normally
parasitic (free) but can become
when they accidentally enter the
host
FACULATIVE PARASITE
Parasite is free living during part of
its existence and seeks its host to
obtain nourishment
INTERMITTENT/TEMPORARY
Is one that establishes itself in a
host in which it does not ordinarily
live
INCIDENTAL
Parasite that remains on or in the
body of the host from early life until
maturity, sometimes for its entire
life
PERMANENT
Artifacts mistaken as parasites,
such as pollen, hairs.
PSEUDOPARASITE
_______ is one in which the parasite reaches sexual
maturity/reproduction
Definitive Host
Example of defintive host
Humans