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shistosoma mansoni causes what and is also called
- causes blood cancer
- "blood fluke"
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necator americanus "hookworm"
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entamoeba coli, endolimax nana, iodomeoba butchili have what type of association. Where is it found
- commensalism
- inside the intestine
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trichonympha and holomastigote have what type of association.
What role do they play for their host?
what is their distinguishing feature
- mutualism
- breaks down cellulose to produce cellulase in cattle, sheep, goat.
- ciliates called roman protozoa
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entamoeba histolytica, shistosoma mansoni, taenia solium and taenia saginata have what type of association.
parasitism
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entamoeba histolytica causes what
ameobic dysentry
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shistosoma mansoni is what type of fluke
blood fluke
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taenia solium is also called
pork tapeworm
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taenia saginata
- beef tapeworm
- requires intermediate host: eggs develop inside cow becoming larvae. larvae is eaten by man and becomes adult
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taxoplasma gondi, crysporidium parvum, leishmania are parasites that have what type of association?
parasitic
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pneumocystis carinii is opportunistic under what environment and normally found in
- found in human lung
- people with HIV/AIDs are susceptible to infection when alveoli is blocked.
- 60% death
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taxoplasma gondii is opportunistic under what environment and causes what problem
where is it normally found in.
- can kill HIV
- causes breaking of capillaries and lead to hemorrhages
- affects human brain
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crysporidium parvum is opportunistic under what conditions and causes what problem?
where is it normally found in
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leishmania is opportunistic under what environment and causes what problem
- attacks macrophages in the body
- produces necrosis factor that stimulate increase HIV virus production
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what parasites are somatic antigens
- ascaris
- entameoba histolytica
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ascaris distinguishing feature
- surrounded by thick membrane called cuticle. body produces antigen-antibody
- somatic antigen
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entameoba histolytica causes what and what is the treatment
- causes bleeding in intestine, diarrhea
- serum is used because not enough medicine goes to the liver and brain
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what are examples of a parasites that are vector hosts
- anopheles mosquito (vector): causes severe itching and redness
- phlebotomus "sand fly" (vector): transfers leishmania (parasite), causes severe itching, redness
- wucheria bancrofti: causes elephantiasis of lower limbs. transferred by mosquito
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parasites that are syvativ reservoirs
brugia malayie "filarial worm": transfers from monkey
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parasite that are domestic reservoirs
clorkis sinersisis "liver fluke": transferred from dog, cat, man to man
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