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36 Cards in this Set
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Bloody diarrhea (dysentery), liver abscess, RUQ pain
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Entamoeba histolytica
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Bloating, flatulence, foul-smelling diarrhea (often seen in campers/hikers)
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Giardia Lamblia
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Severe diarrhea in AIDS. Mild disease (watery diarrhea) in non-HIV
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Cryptosporidium
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Brain abscess in HIV, birth defects (ring enhancing brain lesions)
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Toxoplasma
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Cyclic fever, HA, anemia, splenomegaly
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Plasmodium
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Vaginitis: foul-smelling, greenish discharge, itching and burning
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Trichomonas
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Chagas disease (dilated cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus)
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Trypanosoma Cruzi
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African sleeping sickness
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Trypanosoma
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Visceral leishmaniasis
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Leishmania donovaii
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Fever and anemia
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Babesia
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Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis
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Naegleria Fowleri
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Entamoeba histolytica
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cysts in water
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giardia lamblia
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cysts in water
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cryptosporidium
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cysts in water
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toxoplasma
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cysts in meat or cat feces
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plasmodium
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mosquito
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trichomonas
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sexual
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trypanosoma
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reduviid bug
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trypanosoma
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tsete fly
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leishmania donovanii
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ixodes tick
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naegleri fowleri
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swimming in freshwater lakes (enter via cribriform plate)
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Undercooked pork tapeworm; larvae cause mass lesions in the brain, cysticercosis
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Taenia solium
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Eggs in dog feces when ingested can cause cysts in liver; causes anaphylaxis if echinococcal antigens are released in cysts
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Echinococcus granulosus
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Snails are host, cercariae penetrate skin of humans; causes granulomas, fibrosis, and inflammation of the spleen and liver
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Schistoma
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Undercooked fish, causes inflammation of the biliary tract
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Clonorchis sinensis
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Undercooked crab meat; causes inflammation and secondary bacterial infection of the lung
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Paragoniumus westermani
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Larvae penetrate skin of feet; intestinal infection can cause anemia
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Ancylostoma duodenale (hookworm)
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Eggs are visible in feces; intestinal infection
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Ascaris Lumbricoides
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Food contaminated with eggs; intestinal infection; causes anal pruritis (the Scotch tape test)
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Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
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Larvae in soil penetrate the skin; intestinal infection
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Strongyloides stercoralis
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Undercooked meat, usually pork; inflammation of muscle, periorbital edema
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Trichinella spiralis
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In drinking water, skin inflammation and ulceration
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Dracunculus medinensis
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Transmitted by deer fly; causes swelling in skin (can see worm crawling in conjunctiva)
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Loa loa
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Transmitted by female blackflies; causes river blindness
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Onchocerca volvulus
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Food contaminated with eggs; causes granulomas (if in retina-->blindness) and visceral larva migrans
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Toxocara canis
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Female mosquito; causes blockage of lymphatic vessels (elephantiasis)
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Wuchereria bancrofti
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