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Parasitology Test 2
Intestional amoeba, Blood protozoa, sporozoa...
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| West African Sleeping Sickness | T. brucei gambesiense |
| T. brucei gambesiense and rhoesiense is transmitted by? | Tsetse fly |
| East African Sleeping Sickness | T. brucei rhodesiense |
| Chaga's Disease | Trypanosoma cruzi |
| Trypanosoma cruzi is transmitted by | Reduvid bugs |
| Localized inflammation Painful nodule on face Edema, rash around eyes | Trypanosoma cruzi |
| Leishmania affecting nasal and oral | L. braziliensis |
| Leishmania affecting the entire body | L. donovani complex |
| Leishmania is found where in the blood | buffy coat |
| Leishmania is transmitted by | sandflies |
| Entero-Test capsule is used to find | Giardia lamblia |
| found in the Urogenital system | Trichomonas vaginalis |
| Trichomonas vaginalis specimens should never... | be refrigerated |
| sexually transmitted | Trichomonas vaginalis and isospora belli |
| Lives in cecal region of large intestine | chilomastix mesnili |
| The only human pathogenic ciliate | Balantidium coli |
| Can be confused with a helmenth egg | Balantidium coli |
| Domestic hogs important reservoir | Balantidium coli |
| Infect intestinal mucosa | Sporozoa |
| Don’t confuse with yeasts | cryptosporidium parvum |
| Use Autofluorescence to find | cyclospora cayetanensis |
| Cats, felines are definitive hosts | Toxoplasma gondii |
| Transplacental infection | Toxoplasma gondii |
| Mimics mononucleosis | Toxoplasma gondii |
| Serology for IgM, IgG, ELISA, TORCH titers used to diagnose | Toxoplasma gondii |
| Obligate, intracellular, spore-forming protists | Microsporidia |
| Cause of primary amebic meningioencephalitis | Naegleria fowleri |
| Penetrate nasal mucosa into brain | Naegleria fowleri |
| Most cases diagnosed on autopsy. | Naegleria fowleri |
| Associated with exposure to contaminated water through swimming. | Naegleria fowleri |
| Cause granulomatous amebic encephalitis | Acanthamoeba |
| effects contact lenses | Acanthamoeba |
| Children n tropics, daycare; animal handlers; international travelers | cryptosporidium parvum |
| Plasmodium is transmitted by | masquitos |
| ring form of plasmodium | early trophozoites |
| Rupture of large numbers of RBC | Plasmodium |
| Reinfection of RBCs from liver | Plasmodium |
| P. falciparum fever spike | 36-48 hrs |
| P. malariae fever spike | 72 hrs |
| P. ovale fever spike | 48 hrs |
| P. vivax fever spike | 48 hrs |
| First Plasmodium that needs to be eliminated is | P. falciparum |
| Maltese cross | Babesia |
| rodent parasite | B. microti |
| cattle fever | Babesia |
| transmitted by ticks | Babesia |
| Pathogenic (amebic dysentary) | Entamoeba histolytica & E. dyspar |
| “Oval with eyes” | Dientamoeba fragilis |
| What differentiates Trypanosoma from leishmania | Flagella |
| This parasite causes death by kidney damage | T. brucei rhodesiense |
| Why is it important to wear gloves when working with Trypanosoma rhodesiense | can be transmitted through touch (skin) |
| American trypanosomiasis | Trypanosoma cruzi |
| Called the kissing bug | Trypanosoma cruzi |
| didnt take treatment long enough to rid erythrocytic cycle | recrudescence |
| Returning of the erythrocytic cycle usually from the liver | relapse |
| Babesia doesnt have what compared to plasmodium | fever spikes |
| thickness of a slide is important for the diagnosis of what | Malaria |
| how many fields must be reviewed under oil immersion to call malaria posative | 200-300 |
| How many hours of testing is needed to rule out malaria | 36 hours |
| pathogenic Entamoeba | E. histolytica |
| Non pathogenic Entamoeba | E. dyspar |
| Ingestion of RBC | E. histolytica |
| Entamoeba histolytica & E. dyspar live where | subtropics |
| Hartmanni is what type of pathogen | non pathogenic |
| Hartmanni is smaller compared to | E. histolytica |
| Karyosomes are off center in | entamoeba coli |
| Entamoeba coli have how many nuclei in a cyst | 8 nuclei |
| Endolomax nana is what type of pathogen | non pathogenic |
| "blot like" karyosome | Endolomax nana |
| Endolomax nana have how many nuclei in a cyst | 4 nuclei in oval shaped cyst |
| What cyst has an unstained vacuole | Iodamoeba butschii |
| Has a large center vacuole | Blastocystis hominis |
| Which amebae has no cyst form | Dientamoeba fragilis |
| Amebae form besides cyst | Trophozoite |
| Trichomonas have no cyst form | true |
| Whiplike structure to move | Flagellates |
| 6-7 hair on cell | ciliate |
| meboid motion | Ameba |
| ingestion of water | penocytosis |
| ameba eat this for food | intestional flora |
| This flagellate is very common in the united states | giardia lamblia |
| Active feeding stage | Trophozoite |
| the survival stage | Cyst |
| Giardia lamblia has how many: nuclei median bodies Axostyle | 2 sets of each |
| is giardia lamblia anerobic or aereobic | anerobic |
| Stains used to identify parasites | Giemsa stain, iodine stain, trichrome stain, and somtimes wright stain |
| This is used to identify moving parasites | Wet prep |
| This parasite has its nucleus jammed up as far as possible in its trophozoite | Chilomastix mesnili |
| What type of pathogen is trichomonas hominis | nonpathogenic |
| what type of pathogen is chilomastix mesnili | non pathogenic |
| This parasite has a knob on top of its cyst form | Chilomastix mesnili |
| Ciliates: Balantidium coli is what type of pathogen | pathogenic |
| Has a mouth at the top and cilia all around | Ciliates: Balantidium coli |
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