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Week 2: Introduction to Parasitology Flashcards

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It is the area of biology concerned with the phenomenon of dependence of one living organism on another

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Parasitology

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is concerned primarily with parasites of humans and their medical significance, as well as their importance in human communities

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Medical Parasitology

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It is a branch of medicine that deals with tropical diseases and other special medical problems of tropical regions

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Tropical Medicine

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is an illness, which is indigenous to or endemic in a tropical area but may also occur in sporadic or epidemic proportions in areas that are not tropical

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Tropical disease

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Biological Relationships

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  • Symbiosis
  • Phoresis
  • Mutualism
  • Commensalism
  • Parasitism
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It is the living together of unlike organisms. It may also involve protection or other advantages to one or both organisms

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Symbiosis

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It exists when two symbionts are merely “traveling together,” and there is no physiological or biochemical dependence on the part of either participant

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Phoresis

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It is a symbiosis in which two organisms mutually benefit from each other

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Mutualism

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It is a symbiotic relationship in which two species live together and one species benefits from the relationship without harming or benefiting the other

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Commensalism

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It is a symbiotic relationship where one organism, the parasite, lives in or on another, depending on the latter for its survival and usually at the expense of the host

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Parasitism

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Two types of Parasites: According to Habitat

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Endoparasite and Ectoparasite

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A parasite living inside the body of a host.

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Endoparasite

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The presence of an endoparasite in a host is called an __________.

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infection

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A parasite living outside the body of a host.

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Ectoparasite

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The presence of an ectoparasite on a host is called an __________.

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infestation

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According to Relationship between Host and Parasite

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  • Obligate
  • Facultative
  • Accidental
  • Permanent
  • Temporary
  • Spurious
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They need a host at some stage of their life cycle to complete their development and to propagate their species

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Obligate

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May exist in a free-living state or may become parasitic when the need arises

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Facultative

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When a parasite enters or attaches to the body of a species of host different from its normal one

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Accidental

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It remains on or in the body of the host for its entire life

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Permanent

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It lives on the host only for a short period of time

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Temporary

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It is a free-living organism that passes through the digestive tract without infecting the host

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Spurious

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It is known as the organism that provides physical protection and nourishment to the parasite

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Hosts

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Types of Host

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  • Definitive Host
  • Intermediate Host
  • First Intermediate Host
  • Second Intermediate Host
  • Paratenic Host
  • Reservoir Host
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It is one in which the parasite attains sexual maturity
Definitive Host
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It harbors the asexual or larval stage of the parasite
Intermediate Host
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Harbors the early larval stage of parasite
First Intermediate Host
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Harbors the infective larval stage of parasite
Second Intermediate Host
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It is one in which the parasite does not develop further to later stages. However, the parasite remains alive and is able to infect another susceptible host
Paratenic Host
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Any animal that harbors an infection that can be transmitted to humans, even if the animal is a normal host of the parasite
Reservoir Host
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Life Cycle of Protozoan
* Encysting protozoans * Non-encysting protozoans * Egg laying nematodes
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Infective stage is called cyst.
Encysting protozoans
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Infective stage is called the trophozoite.
Non-encysting protozoans
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Infective stage is called the embryonated egg.
Egg laying nematodes
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Egg laying Nematodes: __________ and __________ are examples of soil helminthes that infect host through ingestion of embryonated egg
Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura
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Egg laying Nematodes: __________ is a contact-transmitted parasite whose embryonated eggs can be either ingested or inhaled
Enterobius vermicularis
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__________ are responsible for transmitting the parasite from one host to another.
Vector
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Vector Transmitted Parasites
* Mechanical * Biological
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Vector Transmitted Parasites: If the arthropod is simply an instrument of passive transfer.
Mechanical
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Vector Transmitted Parasites: It transmits the parasite only after the latter has completed its development within the host.
Biological
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It results when an infected individual becomes his own direct source of infection
Autoinfection
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It happens when the already infected individual is further infected with the same species leading to massive infection with the parasite
Superinfection
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Sources of Infection: The most common sources are contaminated __________and __________.
soil and water
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Sources of Infection: ***Ascaris lumbricoides***, ***Trichuris trichiura***, ***Strongyloides stercoralis***, and **hookworm** - contaminated __________
soil
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Sources of Infection: **Cysts of amebae or flagellates**, as well as **cercariae of Schistosoma** - contaminated __________
water
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Modes of Transmission: The most likely portal of entry is the __________
mouth
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Modes of Transmission: ***Taenia solium***, ***Taenia saginata***, and ***Diphyllobothrium latum*** - harboring the infective __________ stages
eating food, larval
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Modes of Transmission: ***Entamoeba histolytica*** and ***Giardia lamblia*** - __________ contaminated with __________
drinking water, cysts
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Modes of Transmission: **Clonorchis**, **Opistorchis**, and **Haplorchis** - ingesting __________or improperly cooked freshwater __________
raw, fish
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Prevention & Control
* Morbidity control * Information-education-communication * Environmental management * Environmental sanitation * Sanitation
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It is the avoidance of illness caused by infections. It may be achieved by periodically deworming individuals or groups, known to be at risk of morbidity
Morbidity control
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It is a health education strategy that aims to encourage people to adapt and maintain healthy life practices
Information-education- communication
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It is the planning, organization, performance, and monitoring of activities for the modification and/or manipulation of environmental factors or their interaction with human beings with a view to preventing or minimizing vector or intermediate host propagation and reducing contact between humans and the infective agent
Environmental management
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It involves interventions to reduce environmental health risks including the safe disposal and hygienic management of human and animal excreta, refuse, and waste water
Environmental sanitation
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It is the provision of access to adequate facilities for the safe disposal of human excreta, usually combined with access to safe drinking water
Sanitation
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It is the use of anthelminthic drugs in an individual or a public health program
Deworming
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Deworming: What drug is use for Parasite Group?
Representative anti-parasitic drugs
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Deworming: What drug is use for Protozoan?
Metronidazole
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Deworming: What drug is use for Nematode?
Mebendazole
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Deworming: What drug is use for Platyhelminthes: trematodes & cestodes?
Praziquantel
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Treatment
* Cure rate * Egg reduction rate * Selective treatment * Targeted treatment * Universal treatment * Preventive Chemotherapy
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It refers to the number (usually expressed as a percentage) of previously positive subjects found to be egg negative on examination of a stool or urine sample using a standard procedure at a set time after deworming
Cure rate
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It is the percentage fall in egg counts after deworming based on examination of a stool or urine sample using a standard procedure at a set time after the treatment
Egg reduction rate
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It involves individual-level deworming with selection for treatment based on a diagnosis of infection or an assessment of the intensity of infection, or based on presumptive grounds
Selective treatment
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It is group-level deworming where the (risk) group to be treated (without prior diagnosis) may be defined by age, sex, or other social characteristics irrespective of infection status
Targeted treatment
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It is population-level deworming in which the community is treated irrespective of age, sex, infection status, or other social characteristics
Universal treatment
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It is the regular, systematic, large-scale intervention involving the administration of one or more drugs to selected population groups with the aim of reducing morbidity and transmission of selected helminth infections
Preventive Chemotherapy
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It is defined as a permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide incidence of infection caused by a specific agent, as a result of deliberate efforts
Disease eradication
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It is a reduction to zero of the incidence of a specified disease in a defined geographic area as a result of deliberate efforts
Disease elimination
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__________ parasites are provided with a nucleus or nuclei, cytoplasm, an outer limiting membrane, and cellular elaborations called organelles
Protozoan
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Classification of protozoa: Protozoa * * * *
* Sarcomastigophora * Ciliophora * Apicomplexa * Microspora
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Classification of protozoa: Protozoa **Sarcodina**: ***Amoeba***: Equipped with pseudopods ('false feet') **Mastigophora**: ***Flagellates***: Equipped with flagellum, whip-like
Sarcomastigophora
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Classification of protozoa: Protozoa **Ciliata**: ***ciliates***: equipped with cilia, hair-like structures
Ciliophora
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Classification of protozoa: Protozoa Parasites that are not equipped with definite locomotor appratus.
Apicomplexa
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Classification of protozoa: Protozoa Consists of spore-forming parasites of both vertebrates and invertebrates
Microspora
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Classification of protozoa: Metozan * * *
* Platyhelminthes * Nemathelminthes * Arhtropoda
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Classification of protozoa: Metozan **Trematoda**: ***flukes***: leaf-shaped or elongated, slender organisms **Cestoda**: ***tapeworm***: elongated, ribbon-like, segmented body
Platyhelminthes
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Classification of protozoa: Metozan ***Nematodes***: ***roundworms***: elongated, cylindrical worms
Nemathelminthes
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Classification of protozoa: Metozan composed of bilaterally symmetrical organisms with segmented and jointed appendages
Arhtropoda

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