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Parasitology Board Exam Flashcards

1
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Common name of A. lumbricoides

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Roundworm

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Largest Intestinal Nematode

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A. lumbricoides

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Old world hookworm

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Ancylostoma duodenale

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New world hookworm

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Necator americanus

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5
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Dog hookworm

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Ancylostoma caninum

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  • cutaneous larval migrans

- creeping reaction

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Ancylostoma braziliense

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7
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  • Golden hamster hookworm

- smallest hookworm

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Ancylostoma ceylanicum

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8
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  • animal ascarid

- Visceral larva migrans

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Toxocara canis/cati

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9
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Common name of E. vermicularis

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Pinworm/seatworm

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10
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Common name of T. trichiura

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Whipworm

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Common name of Strongyloides stercoralis

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Threadworm

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Common name of Strongyloides stercoralis

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Threadworm

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13
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Common name of Capillaria philippinensis

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Mystery, pudoc, bagsit worm

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14
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  • Fish and marine mammal worm

- Herring’s worm

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Anisakis

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15
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  • Rat/rodent lung worm

- Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis

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16
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New name of of Angiostrongylus cantonensis

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Parastrongylus cantonensis

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17
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  • Resides at muscle

- used muscle biopsy for diagnosis

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Trichinella spiralis

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18
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  • Longest nematode that can affect human

- Fiery serpent worm, guinea worm

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Dracunculus medinensis

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19
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Lower extremities filariae

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Wuchereria bancrofti

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20
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Upper extremities filariae

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Brugia malayi

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21
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African eye worm

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Loa loa

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22
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  • River blindness

- blinding filariasis

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Onchocerca volvulus

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23
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Dog tissue nematode

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Dirofilaria immitis

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24
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  • Largest Intestinal nematode

- The only pathogenic in ciliate

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Balantidium coli

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25
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  • travelers diarrhea/gay bowel

- steatorrhea

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Giardia lamblia

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26
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Shape of trophozoite of Chilomastix mesnili

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Shepherd crook shape

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27
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Cyst shape of C. Mesnili

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Lemon/nipple shape

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28
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Pingpong dse (strawberry cervix purpura)

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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29
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An oral flagellate

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Trichomonas tenax

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30
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  • Chagas dse’/chagoma

- Romana’s sign (swelling on eyelids)

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Trypanosoma cruzi

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31
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West African sleeping sickness

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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

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32
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East African sleeping sickness

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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

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33
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  • Kala-azar dse and dumdum fever

- visceral leshmaniasis

A

Leishmania donovani

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34
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  • old world cutaneous leishmaniasis

- orietal sores, delhi boils, baghdad boils

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Leishmania tropica

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35
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  • new world cutaneous leishmaniasis

- bay sore/chiclero ulcer

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Leishmania mexicana

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36
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  • mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

- espundia, forest yaws

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Leishmania braziliensis

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37
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Destruction of mucous membrane

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Espundia

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38
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-a malarial parasites that are Benign tertian (every 48 hrs)

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Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium ovale

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39
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  • black water fever
  • malignant tertian malaria
  • most pathogenic parasite
A

Plasmodium falciparum

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40
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  • Quartan malarial parasite (72 hrs)

- least pathogenic

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Plasmodium malariae

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41
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Chinese liver fluke

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Clonorchis sinensis

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42
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Cat liver fluke

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Opistorchis felineus

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43
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  • Sheep liver fluke

- Temperate liver fluke

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Fasciola hepatica

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44
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  • Giant liver fluke

- Tropical liver fluke

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Fasciola gigantica

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45
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-Large/giant intestinal fluke

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Fasciolopsis buski

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46
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Garrison’s fluke

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Echinostoma ilocanum

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47
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  • Heterophid fluke
  • smallest and most dangeorus
  • VON SIEBOLD’s FLUKE
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Heterophyes heterophyes

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48
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-Oriental blood fluke

Key word: Japan

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Schistosoma japonicum

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49
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Manson’s blood fluke

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Schistosoma mansoni

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50
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  • bladder/ vesicle blood fluke

- bilharziasis, swamp fever, katayama fever

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Schistosoma haematobium

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51
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  • oriental lung fluke

- pulmonary TB like infection

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Old name: Paragonimus westermani

New name: Sundathelphusa philippina

52
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  • broad fish tapeworm
  • fish tapeworm infection
  • vit. B12 deficiency anemia (cyanocobalamine)
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Diphyllobothrium latum

53
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Common name of Taenia solium

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Pork tapeworm

54
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Common name of Taenia saginata

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Beef saginata

55
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Dwarf tapeworm

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Hymenolepis nana

56
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Rat tapeworm

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Hymenolepis diminuta

57
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  • an accidental cause of hydatidbdse in human living in the subarctic
  • Fox tapeworm
A

Echinococcus multilocularis

58
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  • dog/cat tapworm
  • pumpkin seed tapeworm
  • double pore tapeworm
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Dipylidium caninum

59
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Infective stage of the PROTOZOANS (amoeba) & ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA

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Cyst

60
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infective stage of T. VAGINALIS

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Trophozoite

61
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Infective stage of PLASMODIUM SPP.

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Sporozoites

62
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Infective stage of the TRYPANOSOMA SPP.

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Trypomastigote

63
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Infective stage of LEISHMANIA SPP

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Promastigote

64
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Infective stage of (H.A.T.E.)

  • H. nana
  • A. Lumbricoides
  • T. trichiura
  • E. vermicularis
A

Embryonated egg

65
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Infective stage of the (B.L.O.W.A.M.)

  • B. malayi
  • L. Loa
  • O. volvulus
  • W. bancrofti
  • A. cantonensis
  • Mansonella ozzardi
A

3rd stage larva

66
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Infective stage of the;

  • Hookworm
  • S. stercoralis
A

Filariform larva

67
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Infective stage of SCHISTOSOMA SPP.

A

Cercaria

68
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Infective stage of the (FFCOPEH)

  • F. hepatica
  • F. buski
  • C. Sinensis
  • O. fileneus
  • P. westermani
  • E. Ilocanum
  • Heterophyds
A

Metacercaria

69
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Infective stage of T. SOLIUM

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Cysticercus cellulosae

70
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Infective stage of T. SAGINATA

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Cysticercus bovis

71
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Infective stage of D. LATUM

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Plerocercoid larva

72
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Infective stage of E. GRANULOSUS

A

Hydatid cyst

73
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Infective stage of

  • H. DIMINUTA
  • D. CANINUM
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Cysticercoid larva

74
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Area of Biology concerned with the phenomenon of dependence of one living organism on another

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PARASITOLOGY

75
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-Concerned primarily with parasites that affect humans and their medical significance, as well as their importance in human communities

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MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY

76
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-Living together of unlike organisms, may involve protection or other advantages to one/ both organisms

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SYMBIOSIS

77
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  • 2 species live together and one species benefits from one the relationship w/out harming/ benefitting the other
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COMMENSALISM

78
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  • 2 organisms mutually benefit from each other
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MUTUALISM

79
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  • 1 parasite, the parasite lives in or on another, depending on the host for its survival
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PARASITISM

80
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Parasite living inside the body of a host, presence is called (?)

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ENDOPARASITE; INFECTION

81
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  • Parasite living outside of the body of a host; presence is called (?)
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ECTOPARASITE; INFESTATION

82
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  • Found in an organ which is not usually its habitat
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ERRATIC

83
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  • needs a host at some stage of their life cycle to complete their development
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OBLIGATE/OBLIGATIVE

84
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  • may exist in a free living state or may become parasitic when the need arises
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FACULTATIVE

85
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  • Establishes itself in a host where it does not ordinary live
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ACCIDENTAL/INCIDENTAL

86
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  • Remains on or in the body of the host for its entire life
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PERMANENT

87
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  • Free living organisms that passes thru the digestive tract without infecting the host
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SPURIOUS/ COPROZOIC

88
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  • Where the parasite attains sexual maturity
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DEFINITIVE/ FINAL

89
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  • Harbors the asexual or larval stage of the parasite
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INTERMEDIATE

90
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  • Does not develop further to later stages but remains alive and is able to infect another host
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PARATENIC

91
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  • Allows the parasite’s life cycle to continue and become additional sources of human infections
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RESERVOIR

92
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  • host in which parasite is not usually found
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ACCIDENTAL

93
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  • Transmits the parasite only after the parasite has completed its development within the host
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BIOLOGICAL

94
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  • Only transport the parasite
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MECHANICAL/ PHORETIC

95
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  • Process of inoculating an infective stage (heat exposed)
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EXPOSURE

96
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  • Establishment of the infective agent in the host
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INFECTION

97
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  • Period between the infection and evidence of symptoms
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CLINICAL INCUBATION

98
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  • Period between the INFECTION/ ACQUISITION of the parasite and evidence/ demontratiom of infection
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BIOLOGICAL INCUBATION

99
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  • Refers to when an infected individual becomes his own direct source of infection
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AUTOINFECTION

100
Q

Mode of Transmissions of

  • T. SOLIUM
  • T. SAGINATA
  • D. LATUM
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INGESTION/ FECAL- ORAL

101
Q

Mode of Transmissions of

  • S. Stercoralis
  • Schistosoma Spp
  • Hookworm
A

SKIN PENETRATION

102
Q

Mode of Transmissions of

  • MALARIAL PARASITES
  • FILARIAL PARASITES
  • LEISHMANIA SPP.
  • TRYPANOSOMA SPP.
  • BABESIA SPP.
A

VECTOR-BORNE INFECTION

103
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Mode of Transmissions of T. GONDII

A

CONGENITAL

104
Q
  • Parasites that can be transmitted through a mother’s milk (A.S.)
A
  • Ancylostoma

- Strongyloides

105
Q

Mode of Transmissions of E. VERMI

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INHALATION

106
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Mode of Transmissions: Sexual contact

A

Trichomonas vaginalis

107
Q

Mode of transmission of S. stercoralis

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SKIN PENETRATION

108
Q
  • A vector that only transports the parasite
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PHORETIC

109
Q
  • single cell prokaryotes

- Divides thru BINARY FISSION

A

PROTOZOA

110
Q
  • Infective/ non feeding stage

- Relatively resistant to environmental changes, non motile and found in form stools

A

CYST

111
Q
  • Vegetative stage
  • Less resistant, motile, found in FLUID/ WATERY SAMPLE
  • Dstroyed by Iodine
A

TROPHOZOITES

112
Q
  • Troph to cyst

- Happens in Large intestine

A

ENCYSTATION

113
Q
  • Cyst to troph

- Happens in SMALL INTESTINE

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EXCYSTATION

114
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3 Locomotory of apparatuses of Protozoa

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  • Pseudopodia: found in Amoeba
  • Cilia
  • Flagella: Long threadlike
115
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Kingdom of PROTOZOA

A

PROTISTA

116
Q

Subphylum Mastigophora

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FLAGELLATES

117
Q

Subphylum Sarcodina

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AMOEBA

118
Q

Unit that performs the vital functions

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PROTOPLASM

119
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  • The only Amoeba that dont have Cystic stage and not resides at Large intestine
A

Entamoeba gingivalis (gums)

120
Q
  • The only amoeba that is not commensals

- causes of Amoebiasis

A

Entamoeba histolytica

121
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  • Regulation and maintenance of Osmotic pressure
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CONTRACTING VACUOLE

122
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  • True Amoeba
  • with peripheral chromatin
  • with chromatoidal bars
A

ENTAMOEBA

123
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  • Other Amoeba (false)
  • No peripheral chromatin
  • No chromatoidal bars
A

ENDOLIMAX/ IODAMOEBA

124
Q
  • Most invasive of the parasite

- HUMANS are the ONLY hosts

A

Entamoeba histolytica

125
Q
  • An injection of fluid into the lower bowel is called
A

ENEMA

126
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Best culture media for E. histolytica

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LOCK’s EGG SERUM MEDIUM

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