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Grandfather of Parasitology |
Francesco Redi |
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Contributions of Francesco Redi |
- Demonstrated that maggots developed from the egg of flies - Published a book describing reproductive organs and eggs of Ascaris - Determined that Ascaris had male and female |
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Discivered Trichinella in pigs and Father of American Parasitology |
Joseph Leidig (1846) |
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Discovered human hookworms |
Angelo dubini (1842) |
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Found the first amoeba, (entamoeba gingivalis) |
Gros (1849) |
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Discovered Trypanosoma in frog's blood |
Gluge and Gruby (1842) |
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Saw the cercariae emerged from "royal yellow worms" in snail |
Bojanus (1818) |
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Discovered plasmodia |
Charles Louise Alphonse Laveran |
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Specie of plasmodia that are common in the ph |
Fasiparum, vivax and malariae |
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Plamodia specie that is not present in the ph |
Ovale |
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Collected and classified all parasites known up to his time |
Rudolphi |
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Recognized 5 classes of worms |
Zender (1800) |
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Devised and used a simole microscopes and Describe various kinds of 'animalcule' (protozoa) |
Anton van leewenhoek |
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Discovered cercariae in 1773 byt thought they were protozoa |
Otto friedrich muller |
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Discovered trichinella in human flesh |
Peacock (1828) |
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Balatidum coli was recognized as dirst protozoan parasite in humans |
Malmsten (1856) |
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Identified Entamoeba histolytica |
Losch (1875) |
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Discivered mosquito hosts |
Manson |
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Discovered Trypanosomes and their transmission by tsetse flies |
David Bruce |
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Area of biology concerned with the phenomemon of dependence of on living organisim on another |
Parasitology |
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Comcerned with the animal parasite of man & their medical significancr as well as their importance in humam communities |
Clinical parasitology |
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Living organisim with the purpose of procurring food & shelter, take up their abode temporarily or permanently on or within other living organism |
Parasites |
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State of infection or infestation with an animal parasite |
Parasitosis |
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The invasion of endoparasites |
Infection |
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The external parasitism of ectoparasites |
Infestation |
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Any reciprocal association in a species depends upon another for its existence |
Parasitism |
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Organism that harbors a parasite |
Host |
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Harbors the sexual stagr of the parasite |
Definitive host |
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Harbors the asexual stage of the parasite |
Intermediate host |
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The first host parasitized by the immature stages of the parasite |
1st I.H. |
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Host harboring amdl immature stage of the parasite after it has left the 1st I.H. |
2Nd I.H |
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Harbor the parasite & may act as source of infection |
Reservoir host |
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Serve as mean of transport -usually vector |
Paratenic host |
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An animate (living things) or inanimate (non-living things) object that carries infective stage of the parasite. |
Vector |
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Any reciprocal association in which a species depends upon another for its existence (Type of relationship) |
Parasitism |
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Type of association between two living organisms of different species in which both are benefitted but life apart is impossible |
Symbiosis |
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Type of association between two living organism in which both benefit from each other but life apart is still possible |
Mutualism |
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Type of association between two distinct organisms in which one, the commensal is benefited, while the host is neither injured nor benefited |
Commensalism |
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Type of parasite that lives inside the body |
Endoparasite |
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Type of parasite that lives outside or on the surface of the body. |
Ectoparasite |
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Type of parasite that loves in the lumen of the intestine |
Enterozoic |
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Type of parasite that lives within the cell |
Coelozoic |
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Type of parasite lives in the blood |
Hematozoic |
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Type of parasite that must live on or within the host during all or part of their lives which die if prevented to do so. |
Obligatory |
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Type of parasite that is able to live as an independent organism |
Facultative |
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Type of parasite that can cause an injury or harm |
Pathogenic |
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Type of parasite that does not cause any harm |
Non-pathogenic |
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Type of parasite that lives their whole life with the host |
Permanent |
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Type of parasite that visit and leave their host at intervals |
Intermittent/temporary |
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Type of parasite that occurs occasionally in an unusual course |
Incidental |
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Type of parasite of another animal which pass through the human body without development or causing damage or injury |
Spurious/Coprozoic |
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Type of parasite that wanders in an organ or habitat which is not its ordinary habitat |
Erratic |
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Anything or any object that looks like a parasite (fake parasite) |
Pseudoparasite |
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Animal parasite ls are classified according to the |
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature |
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Each parasite belongs to a |
Phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
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The names are ___ and the scientific designation is ____ for species and ___ for subspecies |
Latinized; binomial, trinomial |
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Generic name- begins with a ___ |
Capital letter |
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Specific name- begins with a |
Small letter |
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Endemicity of a parasite depends upon |
- The presence and habits of a suitable host.- Easy escape from the host.- Environmental conditions favoring survival outside the host. |
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Parasite with a simple life cycle have__ |
Cosmopolitan distribution |
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Factors involving transmission of parasitic infections |
A source of infection A mode of transmission The presence of a suscetible host |
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Pathology and symptomatology |
Mechnical effects Invasuon and destructiom of host cells Imflammatory reaction Competition for host nutrients |
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Ability of the host to withstand infection by a parasite can be due to physiochical barriers |
Resistance amd Immunity |
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Immunologic manifestation and associaelted with parasitic infection (a response to tissue invasion) |
Eosinophilia |
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Identification of tge parasite in the laborstory |
Diagnosis |
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Treatments (MASS) |
Medical and surgical measures Attention to nutritional status Specific chemotheraphy Sanitary environment |
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Prevention |
Reduction Education Sanitary Control Destruction of reservoit host Erection of biological barriers |
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Favors development of certain tapeworms |
CHO-rich diet |
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Favors symptoms of amoebiasis |
LOW-protein diet |
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Unfavorable development of intestinal protozoa |
High-protein diet |
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Imcreased resistanxe to infection with P. falciparum |
Sickle-cell trait |
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Racial variation ls in resistance to P. ovale infection |
Duffy blood group |
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Mode of transmission |
Ingestion Inhalation Skin Penetration Bite of Vectors |
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Portals of entry |
Mouth Nose Skin |
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Types of life cycle that occurs in definitive or primary host |
Sexual (sporogonic) |
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Type of life cycle that occurs in intermediate or secondary host |
Asexual (schizogonic) |