Quiz 3 Flashcards
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The American Trypansoma
Trpansoma cruzi
this species prefers animals instead of humans
-mostly in wolves
Trpansoma cruzi
chagas disease and uses zoonosis*
Trpansoma cruzi
clinical signs of Trpansoma cruzi
- chagoma (swelling at bite site)
- Romanas sign*- swelling around eyes
- headache,weight loss, nerological signs, cardiac problembs
most ppl are asymptomatic after bite for years but then parasite spreads and affects heart
-eventually leads to heart failure
Trpansoma cruzi
What does Trpansoma cruzi affect
- Heart- exercise intolerance
- esophogus, smooth muscle, glial cells*-makes it hard to swallow
- colon-smooth muscle, glial cells*
- mega colon
- death
diagnosis for Trpansoma cruzi
-blood smear
look for trypomastigotes
-antibiotic test
very similar to Trpansoma cruzi
-no amastigoe
Trypanosoma rangeli
best diagnosis for Trpansoma cruzi
Xenodiagnosis
big way of transmission for Trpansoma cruzi
acai juice
DOC for Trpansoma cruzi
NIfurtomax
Benxhidazole
-only in early stages of transmission
besides bug transmission in Trpansoma cruzi
- transplacental
- transmammary
- food born
- bed bug transmission* newest route
also uses zoonosis
Lieshmania spp.
old world Lieshmania spp.
-This hemisphere
Phlebotimus
new world Lieshmania spp.
-This hemisphere
Lutzmyia
4 catagories of disease with Lieshmania spp.
- visceral
- cutaneous
- diffuse cutaneous
- mucocutaneous
how does leishmania enter the macrophage
trojan horse
old world Lieshmania spp.
VISERAL
Leishmania donovani
Leishmania infantum
present in Africa, Middle East, Asia
Lieshmania donovani
present in middle east, medditeranian
Lieshmania infantum
new world leishmania spp
VISCERAL
Leishmania chagasi
outbreak in foxhounds
Leishmania chagasi
clinical signs in humans for Leishmania chagasi
- low grade fever
- anemia
- spelenomegaly-always
- hepatomegaly
- cachexia
dignosis of Leishmania chagasi
tissue biopsy smeer