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cryptosporodiosis--mode
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oocyst via h2o
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cryptosporodiosis--diagnosis
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o&p and fluor
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fluorescent crypt
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cryptosporodiosis--causative agent
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Crytosporidium hominis
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cryptosporodiosis--causative agent fka
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C. parvus
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parvo=crypt
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Cryptosporodiosis--protozoa features
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apicomplexa
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obligate parasite is in the crypt
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dysentary--diagnosis
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o&p and PCR
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dysentary--causative agent
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Entamoeba histolytica
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dysentary --protozoa features
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psuedopod
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giardiasis--causative agent
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Giardia intestinalis
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giardiasis--protozoa features
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flagellate
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giardiasis--diagnosis
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O&P, fluor
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giardiasis--causative agent fka
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G. Lamblia
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taxoplasmosis--diagnosis
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sero
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taxoplasmosis--Causative agent
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Taxoplasma gondii
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taxoplasmosis--features of protozoa
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apicomplexa
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tax the obligate parasite
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malaria--symptoms
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Flu-like (fever, chills, headache, sweats)
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malaria--diagnosis
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blood smear & light micro
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malaria--complications
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blood blockage, organ shutdown
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malaria--treatment
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artemsin combo (not fda approved), quinine (old)
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malaria--causative agent
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Plasmodium falciparum causes most severe illness
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malaria--prevention
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anti meds, bed nets, insecticides, insect repellant
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trichmoniasis--signs & symptoms
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M: asymp; F: irritation, discharge
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trichmoniasis--Causative agent
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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trichmoniasis--features of protozoa
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flaggelate
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4 medically important protozoa
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archaezoa, amoebazoa, microspora, apicomplexa
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3 a's, 1 m............ark, amoeba, micro, api
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nutritional strategy of protozoa?
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heterotrophs (CHO)
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asexual reproductive strategies of protozoa?
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fission, multiple fission (schizogony), budding
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sexual reproductive strategies of protozoa?
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conjugation; fusing of gametes to form diploid zygote
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Describe conjungation
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sexual reproduction by recombining DNA via micronuclei.
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examples of archaezoa
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trichmonas vaginalis, giardia lamblia
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trick's lamb is archaic
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example of amoebazoa
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entamoeba histolytica
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example of apicomplexas
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Plasmodium falciparum (malaria), taxoplasmosis gondii
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how do paramecium reproduce?
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sexually via conjugation
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