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Exam 2
Parasitology- Introduction
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Microbiology
Graduate
03/22/2013

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Parasitism
Definition
association of 2 different species in which the smaller species lives upon or within the other and has a metabolic dependence upon the larger host
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Commensal parasite
Definition
association of 2 different species in which 1 species is benefited & the other is neither benefited or injured
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Pathogenic parasite
Definition
association of 2 different species in which 1 species (host) is injured through the activities of the other species
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Types of host (6)
Definition
definitive, intermediate, accidental or incidental, carrier or reservior
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Protozoa
Definition
eukaryotic (unicellular), organelles for nutrition or locomotion, trophozoite and cysts
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Tropozoite
Definition
feed by engulfing, move by flagella, cilia or pseudopodia
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Cysts
Definition
relatively inert survival form
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Classification of Protozoa (5)
Definition
Amoeba, sporozoa, flagellates, ciliates and coccidia
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Classification of Helminths (3)
Definition
nematodes, cestodes, and trematodes
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Classification of arthropods (2)
Definition
insecta and arachnida
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Definitive Host
Definition
where parasite undergoes sexual reproduction
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Intermediate host
Definition
where parasite undergoes asexual reproduction/development
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Accidental host
Definition
parasite is able to complete life cycle
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Carrier/Reservoir
Definition
zoonoses, causes no disease
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