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33 Cards in this Set
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Kingdom Animalia
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multicellular parasites
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Endoparasites
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internal parasites
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Phylum Platyhelminthes
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flatworms
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Class Trematoda
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flukes
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Shistosoma japonicum
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infestation is called schistosomiasis, skin reaction is "swimmer's itch"
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Clonorchis sinensis
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Chinese liver fluke
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Paragonimus westermani
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lung fluke
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Class Cestoda
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tapeworms
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Taenia saginata
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beef tapeworm, human is definitive host
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Taenia pisiformis
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dog tapeworm from eating prey
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Dipylidium caninum
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dog tapeworm transmitted by fleas
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Phylum Aschelminthes
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roundworms
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Class Nematoda
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nematodes
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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intestinal roundworms
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Enterobius vermicularis
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pin worms
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Trichinella spiralis
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trichinosis
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Necator americanus
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hookworms
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Toxocara canis and T. cati
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dog and cat roundworms
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Filarial worms are thread-like worms of
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Family Filarioidea
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Dirofilaria immitis
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(dog heartworm) (vector is the misquito)
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Wuchereria bancrofti
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(elephantiasis) (NOT elephantitis!)
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Ectoparasites
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external parasites
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Phylum Arthropoda
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arthropods
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Class Arachnida
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spiders, mites, ticks (8 legs)
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Dermacentor
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(tick: vector of Rock Mountain spotted fever) c.c., Rickettsia rickettsi, a type of bacteria
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Ixodes
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(tick: vector of Lyme disease) c.o. Borrelia burgdorferi, a type of bacteria
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Sarcoptes scabeii
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(mites) ( scabies, sarcoptic mange)
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Class Insecta
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(insects) (6 Legs)
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Pediculus humanis
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(head lice: vector of Typhus) c.o. Rickettsia typhi, a type of bacteria
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Phthirus pubis
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pubic lice or "crabs"
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Ctenocephalides
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(dog flea: vector of dog tapeworms) c.o. Dipylidium caninum
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Xenopsylla
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(rat flea: vector of Bubonic Plague) c.o. Yersinia pestis, a bacterium
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Anopheles
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(mosquito: vector of Marlaria) c.o. Plasmodium vivax, a type of protozoan
(various types of mosquitoes transmit different diseases: Aedes, Culex) |
