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Order Kinetoplastida |
What order are these species in? Trypanosoma brucei brucei Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Trypanosoma cruzi Leishmania donovani Leishmania tropica |
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Trypomastigote only (nondividing) |
What are the stages of Trypanosoma brucei spp in humans? |
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Trypanosoma brucei spp. |
Causes African Sleeping Sickness via bite of Tsetse fly |
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Trypanosoma cruzi |
Causes Chagas' Disease via feces of Kissing Bug |
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Trypomastigote (nondiving) Amastigote (dividing) |
What are the stages of Trypanosoma cruzi in humans? |
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Trypanosoma brucei brucei |
Infects only animals |
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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense |
Infects mostly humans |
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Trypanosoma brucei rhondesiense |
Infects both humans and animals |
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Amastigote (dividing stage in vertebrae) Promastigote (in insect host) |
What are the stages of Leishmania spp? |
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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis |
What disease does these species cause? Leishmania major Leishmania tropica Leishmania mexicana |
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Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis |
What disease does this species cause? Leishmania braziliensis |
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Visceral Leishmaniasis |
What disease does this species cause? Leishmania donovani Leishmania chagasi Leishmania infantum |
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Trypomastigote Trypanosoma brucei ( Note: undulating membrane, anterior flagellum, kinetoplast, and nucleus) |
What stage and species? |
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Glossina spp. |
What is the species name of the Tsetse fly? |
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Tsetse fly |
What critter is this? |
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Trypomastigote Trypanosoma cruzi (Note: Large kinetoplast and C shape) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Amastigote Trypanosoma cruzi (Note: Nucleus and kinetoplast) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Epimastigote |
What stage of Trypanosoma cruzi is found in its insect host? |
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Epimastigote Trypanosoma cruzi (Note: Nucleus and kinetoplast location. Undulating membrane) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Kissing bug |
What critter is this? |
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Reduviidae or Triatomine |
What is the species name for the kissing bug? |
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Amastigote Leishmania donovani (Note: kinetoplast and nucleus) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Promastigote Leishmania donovani (Note: Nucleus and kinetoplast) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Sand fly |
What critter is this? |
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Lutzomyia diabolica |
What is the species name of the sand fly? |
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Order Retortamonadida |
What order do these species belong to? Chilomastix mesnili |
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Order Diplomonadida |
What order do these species belong to? Giardia lamblia |
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Order Trichomonadida |
What order do these species belong to? Trichomonas vaginalis Pentatrichomonas hominis |
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Trophozoite Cyst |
What stages occur in Chilomastix mesnili? |
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Trophozoite |
What stages occur in Trichomonas spp? |
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Trophozoite Chilomastix mesnili (Note: Flagella (3) and nucleus) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Cyst Chilomastix mesnili (Note: Cell wall and nucleus) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Trophozoite Giardia lamblia (Note: Flagella (8), Nuclei with endosomes (2), median body, and axonemes aka axostyles) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Cyst Giardia lamblia (Note: Cyst wall, Nuclei (2 in young; 4 in old), endosomes, and axonemes) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Ingestion of cyst via feces |
How do you become infected with the commensal Chilomastix mesnili? |
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Ingestion of cyst via feces |
How do you become infected with Giardia lamblia? |
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Beavers or stream water |
What are reservoir hosts of Giardia lamblia? |
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Trophozoite Pentatrichomonas hominis (Note: flagella, undulating membrane, nucleus, and axostyle) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Via fecal contamination |
How do you contract the harmless Pentatrichomonas hominis? |
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Trophozoite Trichomonas vaginalis (Note: tuft of flagella, axostyle, undulating membrane, and nucleus) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Via sexual intercourse, sharing washclothes |
How do you contract Trichomonas vaginalis? |
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Order Amoebida |
What order do these species belong to? Entamoeba histolytica Entamoeba coli Endolimax nana Iodamoeba buetschlii |
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Family Entamoebidae |
What family do these species belong to? Entamoeba histolytica Entamoeba coli Endolimax nana Iodamoeba buetschlii |
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Subphylum Sarcodina |
What subphylum do these species belong to? Entamoeba histolytica Entamoeba coli Endolimax nana Iodamoeba buetschlii |
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Phylum Ciliophora |
What phylum do these species belong to? Balantidium coli |
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Trophozoite Cyst |
What stages occur in these species? Entamoeba histolytica Entamoeba coli Endolimax nana Iodamoeba buetschlii |
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Trophozoite Cyst |
What stages occur in these species? Balantidium coli |
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Trophozoite Entamoeba histolytica (Note: central endosome, nucleus, granular body, ingested RBCs KEY!) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Cyst Entamoeba histolytica (Note: 4 or fewer nuclei, chromatoidal bar w/ blunt ends) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Trophozoite Entamoeba coli (Note: eccentric endosome, large granules in chromatin) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Cyst Entamoeba coli (Note: 8 or less nucleus, splintered chromatoidal bars) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Trophozoite Endolimax nana (Note: dark stained endosome) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Cyst Endolimax nana (Note: 4 nuclei w/ dark endosome) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Trophozoite Iodamoeba buetschlii (Note: dark endosome, vacuoles) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Cyst Iodamoeba buetschlii (Note: oval shape, nucleus, dark endosome, large vacuole) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Trophozoite Balantidium coli (Note: oval shape, macronucleus, cilia, large vacuole) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Cyst Balantidium coli (Note: smooth round shape, macronucleus) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Phylum Apicomplexa |
What phylum do these species belong to? Toxoplasma gondii Sarcocystis spp. Plasmodium spp. Babesia bigemina Pneumocystis carinii |
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Class Sporozoasida |
What class do these species belong to? Toxoplasma gondii Sarcocystis spp. Plasmodium spp. Bebesia bigemina Pneumocystis carinii |
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Order Eucoccidiorida |
What order to these species belong to? Toxoplasma gondii Sarcocystis spp. Plasmodium spp. Babesia bigemina Pneumocystis carinii |
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Family Sarcocystidae |
What family does Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis spp belong to? |
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Tachyzoite Bradyzoite |
What stages occur in Toxoplasma gondii? |
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Bradyzoite |
What stage occurs in Sarcocystis spp? |
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Family Plasmodidae |
What family does Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, and Plasmodium ovale belong to? |
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Schizonts Trophozoites |
What stages occur in Plasmodium spp? |
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Family Babesiidae |
What family does Babesia bigemina belong to? |
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Kingdom Fungi |
What kingdom does Pneumocystis carinii belong to? |
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Cat |
What is the definitive host of Toxoplasma gondii? |
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Tachyzoite Toxoplasma gondii (Note: banana shape) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Bradyzoite Toxoplasma gondii |
What stage and species is this? |
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Sarcocyst Bradyzoites |
What is this structure and what inhabits the structure? |
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Cyst Pneumocystis carinii |
What stage and species is this? |
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Anophelese mosquito |
What is the vector host for Plasmodium spp? |
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Sporozoites |
What stage of Plasmodium spp. occurs in mosquitoes? |
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Ticks |
How is Babesia bigemina transmitted? |
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Sporozoite Plasmodium spp |
What stage is this? What species does this stage occur in? |
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Trophozoite Plasmodium vivax (Note: ameboid shape, dotted, look for large decolorized RBCs) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Schizont Plasmodium vivax (Note: average 16 segementers) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Trophozoite Plasmodium falciparum (Note: ring w/ double chromatin dots, no schuffner's dots) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Schizont Plasmodium falciparum (Note: 16 merozoites, clumped in RBC) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Gametocyte Plasmodium falciparum (Note: banana shaped, nucleus is 1/2 as big as gametocyte) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Trophozoite Plasmodium malariae (Note: band shaped or basket shaped, stretch across RBC) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Schizont Plasmodium malariae (Note: 8 merozoites, rosette arrangement, |
What stage and species is this? |
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Trophozoite Plasmodium ovale (Note: oval distortion, fringed edges) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Schizont Plasmodium ovale (Note: oval distortion, fringed edges, 8 merozoites) |
What stage and species is this? |
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Trophozoite Babesia bigemina (Note: heart shaped) |
What stage and species is this? |