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21 Cards in this Set
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Infective stage for Leishmania
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Promastigote
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Differ. the Insect vector/s of Leishmania from Trypanosoma
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Lesihmania- Sandflies
Trypanosoma- Tsetse flies/Reduviid bug |
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Enumerate the conditions/diseases of each Leishmania
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L. braziliensis- Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
L. donovani- Visceral leishmaniasis L. mexicana- New world cutaneous leishmaniasis L. tropica- Old world cutaneous leishmaniasis |
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Reservoir hosts for Leishmania
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Dogs
Cats Rodents |
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Prevention for Leishmania
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Education programs (preventive measures, protective clothing, repellents
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Prevention for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense/rhodesiense
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-Destroying the breeding areas of tsetse flies via chemical treatment
-proper protective clothing, repellants -prompt treatment of infected persons |
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Stages of sleeping sickness
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-Chancre
-Hematolymphatic -Meningoencephalitic |
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Differ. the condition/s of T. brucei gambiense from T. brucei rhodesiense
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T. brucei gambiense- West african sleeping sickness/ Gambian trypanosomiasis
T. brucei rhodesiense- East african sleeping sickness/ Rhodesian trypanosomiasis |
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Winterbottom's sign
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T. brucei gambiense and T. brucei rhodesiense
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Treatment for T. brucei gambiense/rhodesiense
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Melarsoprol, suramin, pentamidine and eflornithine
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Chaga's disease /American Trypanosomiasis
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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Insect vector of T. cruzi and T. rangeli
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Reduviid bug
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Diagnostic test/ technique for T. cruzi and T. rangel
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-Giemsa-stained blood (specimen)
-blood culture -Serologic tests; ELISA, PCR |
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Infective stage of T. cruzi and T. rangeli
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Metacyclic Trypomastigote
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Romaña's sign
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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Differ. the symptoms of L. braziliensis from L. donovani
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L. braziliensis- Large cutaneous lesions, mucosal lesions
L. donovani- Kala-azar or dum dum fever abdominal illness and hepatosplenomegaly |
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Differ. the symptoms of L. mexicana from L. tropica
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L. mexicana- Bay sore and chiclero ulcer
-charac by a single pus (containing ulcer) L. tropica- Oriental sore and Baghdad or Delhi boil -charac by one or more pus (containing ulcer) |
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Treatment for Leishmania except for L. tropica
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Amphotericin b
L. tropica- Pentosam, Glucantime, Pentamidine |
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Diagnostic test/technique for L. braziliensis
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-Biopsy of the infected ulcer
-Giemsa-stained preparations -Serologic testing |
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Symptom/s for T. rangeli
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None. Asymptomatic
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What is Leishmaniasis
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General term to describe diseases caused by the hemoflagellate genus Leishmania
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