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Wucheria bancrofti, Brugia malayi
- ELEPHANTIASIS
- Filariasis Roundworm
- Enzyme "cuts" Ab
- Mosquitoes
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Loa loa filariasis
- LOA LOA, AFRICAN EYEWORM, CALABAR SWELLINGS
- Filariasis Roundworm
- Enzyme "cuts" Ab
- Fly
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Onchocerca volvulus, Filaria onchocerciasis
- RIVERBLINDESS
- Filariasis Roundworm
- Enzyme "cuts" Ab
- Mosquitoes
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Dracunculus mediensis
- DRACUNCULIASIS, GUINEA WORM DISEASE, FIERY SERPENT
- Filariasis Roundworm
- Anti-inflammatory compounds
- Water flea
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Plasmodial
- MALARIA
- Plasmodial disease
- Merozites w/in cells w/in 30 mins then ruptures RBC
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Trypanosomiasis brucei
- AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS
- Protist, Protozoa
- Ag variations - alters surface protein q7d
- Tsetse fly
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Leishmaniasis
- KALA AZAR, ORIENTAL SORE
- Protist
- Hides w/in macrophage cell
- Adult protist
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Flavivirus
- DENGUE FEVER, BREAKBONE FEVER
- Virus
- Virus in WBC
- Mosquito
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Schistosomiasis, Bilharzia
- LIVER FLUKE, BILHARZIA
- Trematode, Flatworm, Fluke
- Coats itself w/in an hour
- Freshwater Snails
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A MECHANICAL VECTOR is defined as...
A parasite that does not go through any of its life cycle during transit by a vector
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The intermediate host of the Bilharzia parasite is:
Freshwater SNAIL
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The definitive host of the Bilharzia parasite is:
Man
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The intermediate host of the Guinea Worm parasite is:
�WATER FLEA�
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The definitive host of the Guinea Worm parasite is:
Man
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The intermediate host of the Filarial Elephantiasis parasite is:
Mosquito
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The definitive host of the Filarial Elephantiasis parasite is:
Man
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The intermediate host of the Plasmodium parasite is:
Man
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The definitive host of the Plasmodium parasite is:
Mosquito
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The intermediate host of the Loa Loa parasite is:
FLY
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The intermediate host of the Filarial Onchocerciasis parasite is:
FLY
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The intermediate host of the Leishmania parasite is:
FLY
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The definitive host of the Leishmania parasite is:
None
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Which of the following is NOT a host for Leishmanias?
Mosquitoes
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The harshest disease stage of the parasite in Malaria. Causes RBC rupture-->fever and chills
Merozoite
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The harshest disease stage of the parasite in Riverblindness.
Microfilaria
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The harshest disease stage of the parasite in Wuchereia bancrofti.
Female, adult
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The harshest disease stage of the parasite in Dracunculiasis.
Female, adult
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The harshest disease stage of the parasite in Schistosomiasis.
Eggs
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The Tsetse Fly is the ONLY intermediate host for this disease.
African Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis - Protist)
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The Psymolian Fly is the intermediate host for this disease.
Riverblindness
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The DISEASE portion of the Malaria parasite�s life cycle is called the _?_ .
Merozoite
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The TRANSMISSION portion of the Malaria parasite�s life cycle is called the _?_
Gametocyte
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The INFECTION portion of the Malaria parasite�s life cycle is called the _?_ .
Sporozoite
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Which of the following parasites evades the human immune system by changing its surface antigens EVERY FEW WEEKS and thus �hiding� from the human immune system?
Trypanosomic Disease
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Which of the following parasites evades the human immune system by being INSIDE a human immune system CELL and thus �hiding� from the human immune system ?
Leishmania
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Which of the following parasites evades the human immune system by producing substances that �CUT-OFF� the human immune system or by producing enzymes that �CUT� ANTIBODIES produced against it and thus �hiding� from the human immune system?
Helminthic Diseases
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Which of the following parasites evades the human immune system by �coating� itself with human serum proteins in less than an hour and thus �hiding� from the human immune system?
Bilharzia
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Which of the following Parasitic Diseases do we have some hope of alleviating in the NEAR FUTURE (by common or experimental vaccine(s) or by some other practical means)?
- Leishmania, Filariasis-Elephantiasis, Dracunculiasis, Bilharzia, Plasmodial, Filariasis-Onchocerciasis
- NOT: Trypanosomic
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Which of the following Parasitic Diseases is thought to require a complex vaccine made against at least 3 out of 4 different life stages?
Plasmodial
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Which of the following parasitic diseases is now WORSE because of our un-coordinated attempt to control it in the past?
Plasmodial
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Which of the following are classified as ROUNDWORM parasitic diseases?
Dracunculiosis
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Which of the following parasitic disease consequences is alleviated by treatment with IVERMECTIN?
Filariasis
- Parasites must kill their hosts to survive. T/F?
- FALSE
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The host where sexual reproduction of the parasite takes place is known as the _?_ host.
Definitive
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A reservoir is a _?_ host.
A "holding container" - animal
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Which of the following parasitic diseases involve WATER as a carrier?
Amoebiasis, Bilharzia, Dracunculiasis and Cryptosporidiasis
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Thirty different SANDFLY species are the hosts for:
Leishmania
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The classification of Onchocerca volvulus, Loa loa, Dirofilaria immitis, and Brugia malayi is as a(n)?
Roundworm/filarial
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Merozoites are produced from the _?_.
Liver
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Schizogony is a term that means...
Multiple fission producing numerous infective cells
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