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Parasite Identification
Parasite genus and species listed with the diseases they cause/niche they infect/common name
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Pathology
Undergraduate 4
10/17/2012
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Term
Plasmodium falciparum
 Definition
Malign tertian malaria
Term
Plasmodium vivax
 Definition
Benign tertian malaria
Term
Plasmodium malariae
 Definition
Quartan malaria
Term
Plasmodium ovale
 Definition
Tertian malaria
Term
Fasciola hepatica
 Definition
"Sheep liver fluke"
Term
Fasciola gigantica
 Definition
"Giant liver fluke"
Term
Fasciola magna
 Definition
Deer liver fluke
Term
Fasciola buski
 Definition
"Pig intestine fluke"
Term
Chlonorchis sinensis
 Definition
"Chinese liver fluke"
Term
Heterophyes heterophyes
 Definition
infects liver
Term
Dicrocelium dendritucum
 Definition
"Lancelet liver fluke"
Term
Prosthogonimus macrorchis
 Definition
Bird oviduct fluke
Term
Paragonimus westermani
 Definition
Lung fluke from crabs
Term
Paragonimus kellicotti
 Definition
Lung fluke from crawfish
Term
Schistosoma haematobium
 Definition
Bladder venous plexus
Term
Schistosoma mansoni
 Definition
Inferior venous plexus
Term
Schistosoma japonicum
 Definition
Superior venous plexus
Term
Babesia bigemina
 Definition
Ruminant & human babesiosis
Term
Babesia microti
 Definition
Rodent & human babesiosis
Term
Babesia canis
 Definition
Canine babesiosis
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