Parasitology Flashcards
(115 cards)
A type of parasite that infect only those that are immunocompromised
Opportunistic parasite
____ parasite-infecting cells
Obligate intracellular parasites
_____ largest intestinal nematode
Ascaris lumbricoides
A.k.a eelworm
Ascaris lumbricoides
_____ pinworm; seatworm
Enterobius vermicularis
_____ WHIPWORM
Trichuris trichiura
_____ old world hookworm
Ancylostoma duodenale
___ new world hookworm
Necator americanus
____ smallest intestinal nematode
Strongyloides stercoralis
___ local worm;pudoc worm
capillaria philippinensis
pork muscle roundworm
Trichinella spiralis
brancroft’s filarial
W. bancrofti
eyeworm that does not cause blindness
Loa loa
malayan filaria
Brugia malayi
convulated filarial that causes blindness
Onchocerca volvulus
rat lung worm
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
dog heart worm
D. immitis
herring worm, cod worm, seal worm
anisakis spp
enumerate the blood flukes
S. japonicum (oriental)
S. mansoni (manson’s)
S. haematobium (vesical)
oriental lung fluke
Paragonimus westermani
enumerate the intestinal flukes
Echinostoma ilocanum
H. heterophyes
Metagonimus yokogawai
enumerate the liver flukes
F. hepatica
C. sinensis
O. felineus
other term for “pseudophyllidea”
“fake tapeworm”
other term for “cyclophyllidea”
“true tapeworm”