Micro- Chapter 11

Front 1

Of the 60 million people that die each year, ____________ die of parasitic infections

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15 million

Front 2

Ticks and lice that live outside the host

Back 2

Ectoparasites

Front 3

Protozoa and worms that live inside the host

Back 3

Endoparasites

Front 4

Must spend at least some time in the host

Back 4

Obligate parasites

Front 5

Can be either free living or hosted parasites (fungi can be considered this)

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Facultative parasites

Front 6

Remain in host once they have invaded it (tapeworms)

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Permanent Parasites

Front 7

Feed and then leave (mosquitos)

Back 7

Temporary Parasites

Front 8

Invade an organism other than their normal host (White deer ticks--lyme disease)

Back 8

Accidental Parasites

Front 9

The parasite itself can be infected with another parasite (mosquitos can be infected with malaria)

Back 9

Hyperparaitism

Front 10

Organism which carry parasite infections (mosquitos)

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Vectors

Front 11

Hosts that harbor a parasite while it reproduces sexually (mosquito for malaria--- Anophalies [female])

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Definitive Host

Front 12

Harbor the parasite during its developmental stages (humans for malaria)

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Intermediate Host

Front 13

Infected organisms that make parasites available to other hosts

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Reservoir Hosts

Front 14

The range of different host in which a parasite can mature (Malaria can only develop in the Anopheles mosquito)

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Host Specificity

Front 15

Parasites that are able to form cysts

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Encystment

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Parasites that are able to change the way they look

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Antigenic Shift

Front 17

Parasites that cause the immune system to respond incorrectly

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Inappropriate Antibody Production

Front 18

Invasion of host cells is called:

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Intracellular

Front 19

T/F
Parasites that do not invade defense mechanisms sometimes trigger severe inflammatory and immunological reactions

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True-- Severe Allergic Reactions

Front 20

African Sleeping Sickness

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Trypanosoma

Front 21

Diarrhea (back-packers)

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Giardia

Front 22

Vaginitis (one of the most common parasite in developed countries)

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Trichomonas

Front 23

Dysentary

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Amoeba

Front 24

Malaria

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Plasmodium

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Blindness, and birth defects (Teratogens [in TORCH series])

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Toxoplasma

Front 26

Flatworms include ________ and _________

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Flukes and Tapeworms

Front 27

Paragonimus westermani

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lung fluke

Front 28

Clonorchis sinesis

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liver fluke, blood fluke

Front 29

Schistomsoma (tape worms)

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blood fluke

Front 30

Taenia saginata

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Beef tapeworm

Front 31

Taenia Solium

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Pork Tapeworm

Front 32

A tape worm can live 30-35 years and can reach a length of ___ meters in length

Back 32

10

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Trichinella Spiralis

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Pork Roundworm

Front 34

Enterobium Vermicularis

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Pinworm

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T/F
Arthropods are great vectors

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True

Front 36

Vectors that are insects are:
Fleas- ________
Mosquitos- ________________
Flies- ______________

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Fleas- plague
Mosquitos- malaria, yellow fever
Flies- salmonellosis

Front 37

Vectors that are arachnids are:
Ticks- ______________
Mites- ______________

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Ticks- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Mites- Q-fever

Front 38

__________ produce most of our antibiotics

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Fungi