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Enterobius verincularis is a...
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pinworm
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What causes elephantiasis?
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Wuchereria bancrofti
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Sexually-transmitted parasite
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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Beef tapeworm
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Taenia saginata
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Pork tapeworm
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Taenia solium
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Fish tapeworm
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Diphyllobothrium latum
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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Roundworm (common in El Paso)
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Causes malaria
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Plasmodium
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What type of protozoan is Giardia lamblia
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Flagellate
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What causes amoebic dysentery?
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Entamoeba histolytica
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Protozoa that move by means of short, hairlike projections
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ciliates
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Only ciliated protozoan that infects humans
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Balantidium Coli
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Most common intestinal parasite in the US
(a) Also called? (b) Transmitted how? |
Giardia lamblia.
(a) Traveller's diarrhea (b) Cross-contaminated water and/or sewage systems. |
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Symptoms of Trichomonas vaginalis:
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Vaginal inflammation, thick discharge, and/or painful or burning urination.
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Sections of flatworms that contain reproductive structures:
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Proglottids
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Body lice:
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Pediculus corpus
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Head lice:
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Pediculus capitis
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Pubic lice:
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Phthirus pubis/Pediculus pubis
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What are included within the Arachnid group?
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Ticks, mites and spiders.
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What is scabies caused by?
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Sarcoptes (itch mite)
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Head of a cestode containing hookers and suckers:
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Scolex
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What parasite causes malaria?
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Plasmodium
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How is malaria transmitted?
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Through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito
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Tapeworms =
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cestodes
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Roundworms =
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nematodes
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Flatworms =
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flukes
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What is schistosomasis?
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Blood fluke.
Present in human feces and is typically deposited in fresh water where snails consume the fertilized eggs the parasites hatch within them. The parasites are then excreted by the snail and into the water where humans can ingest the parasite. |