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Exam 2

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Steps of malarial paroxsym   asymptomatic incubation period, RBC rupture, 10-15 min chills, 2-6 hour fever, post fever sweating and fatigue, repeat every x hours  
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What is a thick smear used for   detect infection  
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what is a thin smear used for   diagnose species  
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What is the infective stage in humans for plasmodium species   sporozoite  
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After complete clearing of RBC infection due to hypnozoites   Relapse (P. vivax and P. ovale)  
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Some parasites still left in blood after it was thought to be gone   Recrudescence (occurs in all four species)  
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Species with 48 hour paroxysm length   P. ovale and p. vivax  
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Species with 72 hour paroxysm length   P. malariae  
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Species with 36-48 hour paroxysm length   P. Falciparum  
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What kind of symptoms occur with plasmodium species   flu-like  
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Which plasmodium species is most harmful   P. falciparum, brain, kidney and liver frequently involved  
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Which plasmodium species infects young/immature cells   P. vivax and P.ovale  
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Which plasmodium species infects only mature cells   P. malariae  
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Which plasmodium species infects all ages of cells   P. falciparum  
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What is the vector for the plasmodium species   mosquito (spp. Anopheles)  
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Which species of plasmodium is characterized by a rosette arrangement of merozoites?   Plasmodium ovale  
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Which species of plasmodium is characterized by a band trophozoite?   Plasmodium malariae  
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Which plasmodium species is considered "lively"   Plasmodium vivax  
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Similarities of the miscellaneous parasites   obligate intracellular, single-celled, protozoans, non-flagellated, many have oocyst stages  
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Babesia spp. specimen   blood  
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Isospora belli specimen   feces, duodenal contents  
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Toxoplasma gondii   blood (csf)  
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Cryptosporidium parvum   Stool  
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Microsporidium   Serum or cell cultures  
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Pneumocystis   Bronchoalveolar lavage, tracheobronchial aspirate  
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Sarcocystis spp.   Stool  
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Which species cyst embeds in muscle tissue   Sarcocystis  
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Which species embeds in cardiac muscle tissue   Toxoplasma gondii  
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Which spp. trophs form a maltese cross?   Babesia  
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Commonalities among the trematodes   Known as "flukes", complex life cycle, most have mollusk (snail) intermediate host, pass through many life stages (egg, larva, adult worm)  
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Infects intestine, liver or lungs   Organ flukes  
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infects blood vessels around intestines or bladder   Blood flukes  
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Hermaphrodites   Organ flukes  
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Dioecious (need male and female)   Blood flukes  
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Foodborne   Organ flukes  
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Infect by burrowing through skin   blood flukes  
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2 sporocyst with 4 sporozoites   Isospora belli, Sacrocystis  
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no sporocysts but 4 sporozoites   cryptosporidium parvum  
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Crescent-Shaped forms   tachyzoites in toxoplasma gondii  
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Crescent-shaped forms enclosed in cyst   bradyzoites in cyst of toxoplasma gondii  
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cyst has 4-8 nuclei   pneumocystis jiroveci  
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Schistosoma spp. with prominent large lateral spine   mansoni  
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Schistosoma spp. with small lateral spine   japonicum  
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Schistosoma spp. with large prominent terminal spine   haematobium  
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Which schistosoma spp. is can eggs be found in the urine   haematobium  
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Beef or pork tapeworm   Taenia saginata and solium  
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Rat tapeworm   Hymenolepis diminuta  
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Dwarf tapeworm   Hymenolepis nana  
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Dog or cat tapeworm   Dipylidium caninum  
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Fish tapeworm   Diphyllobothrium latum  
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Hydatid disease   Echinococcus granulosus  
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Causes fatty loose stools   Isospora belli  
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