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15 Cards in this Set
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tick transmission, malaria like manifestation, "maltese cross" seen in RBCs
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Babesia microti
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water contaminated with infected animal feces, self-limiting diarrhea, but life threatening in AIDS patients
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Cryptosporidium parvum
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anchovy paste aspirate from abcess of the liver
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Entamoeba histolytica
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amebic dysentery, trophozoites with ingested RBCs, flask shaped ulcers in the colon
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Entamoeba histolytica
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protozoa of the small intestine, flatulance and diarrhea with steatorrhea
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Giardia lamblia
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heart shaped trophozoite with two nuclei, four pairs of flagella, and a large sucking disk
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Giardia lamblia
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flagellated amoeba, meningoencephalitis and death within a week of swimming in contaminated freshwater ponds
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Naegleria fowleri
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Blackwater fever, malaria, thrombosis and ischemia with hemolysis
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Plasmodium falciparum
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crescent shaped parasite,transmitted by mosquito,infects RBCs and hepatocytes, cyclic fever,headache,anemia
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Plasmodium spp.
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ring enhancing mass in AIDS pateint, acquired from consuming undercooked meat
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Toxoplasma gondii
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can be infected by cat feces in litter boxes, fetal transmission leading to stillbirth and brain calcifications
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Toxoplasma gondii
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vaginitis with profuse frothy discharge and strawberry mucosa
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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pear-shaped, flagellated trophozoites, alkaline vaginal pH, sexually transmitted
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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African sleeping sickness
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Trypanosoma brucei
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reduviid bug, chagas disease, invasion of myocardium
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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