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MOLB Chapter 12
The Eukaryotes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mycosis | fungal infection |
| Characteristics of fungal disease | chronic many are opportunistic pathogens hard to distinguish foreign eukaryotic cells from human eukaryotic cells |
| Giardia lamblia | Pathogenic protozoa causes giardiasis, cysts in feces |
| Entamoeba histolytica | Protozoa causes Dysentery |
| Taenia saginata | Helmith, beef tapeworm |
| Vector | organism that carry pathogenic microbes |
| Mites/Ticks | transmit Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, R. rickesetii, lyme disease, B. burgdorferi, |
| Lice | epidemic typhus, |
| Fleas | endemic murine typhus, plague |
| Mosquitoes | malaria |