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NSU Parasitology
Cram session
54
Microbiology
Professional
05/09/2012

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Term
Leishmaniasis
Definition
found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and S. America
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Leishmaniasis
Definition
transmitted direct contact with infected tissue, blood transfusion, and congenitally
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Leishmaniasis
Definition
transmitted from sandflies to humans
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Leishmaniasis
Definition
intracellular AMASTIGOTES
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Leishmaniasis
Definition
invades visceral organs
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Leishmaniasis
Definition
Protective immunity
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Leishmaniasis -L. tropica
Definition
skin papules, nodules, ulcers, and scars
Term
Leishmaniasis - L. braziliensis and mexicana
Definition
skins ulcers & invade mucous membranes
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Leishmaniasis - L. donovani
Definition
anemia, conjunctivitis, kreatitis, and photophobia
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Leishmaniasis
Definition
Antimony sodium gluconate is treatment for...
Term
Plasmodium sp. (Malaria)
Definition
female MOSQUITOES inject SPOROzoites
Term
Plasmodium sp. (Malaria)
Definition
Sporozoites invade liver cells and become schizonts, which release MEROzoites that infect RBCs
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Plasmodium sp. (Malaria)
Definition
Partial protective immunity
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Plasmodium sp. (Malaria)
Definition
hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, and deposition of pigments in lungs, brain, and kidneys
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Plasmodium vivax(Malaria)
Definition
absence of Duffy a and b antigens on RBCs give resistance
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Plasmodium falciparum (Malaria)
Definition
Sickle cell anemia (Hb AS) blocks binding of this...
Term
Plasmodium sp. (Malaria)
Definition
Blackwater fever (renal failure). and eye complications.
Term
Plasmodium vivax (Malaria)
Definition
Chloroquine is treatment for...
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Plasmodium falciparum (Malaria)
Definition
primaquine is treatment for...
Term
American trypanosomiasis
Definition
Tryopanosoma cruzi causes...
Term
American trypanosomiasis
Definition
---- is found in AMERICAS
Term
American trypanosomiasis
Definition
transmitted by reduviid bug
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American trypanosomiasis
Definition
Metacyclic trypomastigotes enter humans.
Term
American trypanosomiasis
Definition
amastigotes develop intracellularly, then disseminate into blood and CNS.
Term
American trypanosomiasis
Definition
trypomastigote forms in blood
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American trypanosomiasis
Definition
causes myopathy
Term
American trypanosomiasis
Definition
Romano's sign (swollen eye), meningoencephalitis, cardiac problems
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American trypanosomiasis
Definition
Xenodiagnosis (bug feeds on pt then bugs feces examined)
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American trypanosomiasis
Definition
Nifurtimox is treatment for ...
Term
Alaria americana
Definition
Mesocercarial visceral migrans is caused by...
Term
Alaria americana
Definition
Found in N. America and is tissue dwelling
Term
Alaria americana
Definition
Adult worms live in small intestine and release eggs in feces.
Term
Alaria americana
Definition
humans are infected with ____ ____ by eating undercooked frogs containing mesocercariae.
Term
Alaria americana
Definition
larvae tunnel into tissues and organs
Term
Alaria americana
Definition
Steroids are used as treament for...
Term
Clonorchiasis
Definition
Clonorchis and Opisthorchis cause...
Term
Clonorchiasis
Definition
caused by ingesting cercaria from infected fish, metacercariae migrate from duodenum to liver and bile ducts
Term
Clonorchiasis
Definition
Adult worms tunnel into human liver tissue causing hyperplasia of epithelium
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Clonorchiasis
Definition
Chronic infections are associated with biliary tract carcinomas
Term
Clonorchiasis
Definition
Praziquntel is treatment for...
Term
Schistosomiasis
Definition
adult worms, produce little damage bc of molecular mimicry, live in human blood vessels around large intestine and urinary bladder
Term
Schistosomiasis
Definition
found in Africa, Asia, Phillippines, and Caribbean Islands
Term
Schistosomiasis
Definition
cercariae penetrate skin and develop into schistosomula.
Term
Schistosomiasis
Definition
eggs do all the damage in the liver and GU and GI tracts.
Term
Schistosomiasis
Definition
sxs depend of amount an location of eggs
Term
Schistosomiasis
Definition
... can produce squamous cell epithelioma
Term
Schistosomiasis
Definition
Praziquantel is treatment for...
Term
Schistosomiasis
Definition
aka Bilharzia
Term
American trypanosomiasis
Definition
aka Chagas' disease
Term
Schistosome dermatitis
Definition
aka Swimmer's itch
Term
Schistosome dermatitis
Definition
produces serpinginous tunnels in skin of humans
Term
Schistosome dermatitis
Definition
tunnel lesions cause vesicles, papules, hemorrhagic rash, and pustules
Term
Schistosome dermatitis
Definition
Which trematode, along with Alaria americana, does not develop into adult worm in humans?
Term
Schistosome dermatitis
Definition
Antihistamines
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