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18 Cards in this Set
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Exist in a free living state or may become parasitic when the need arise |
Facultative parasites |
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Free living organisms that passes through the digestive tract without infecting the host |
Spurious/Coprozoic parasite |
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Microorganisms that lives on dead or decraying organic matter |
Saprophytes |
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Balantidium coli |
Pigs |
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Paragonimus westermanii |
Rats |
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Brugia malayi |
Cats |
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They allow the parasite's life cycle to continue and become additional sources of human infection |
Reservoir |
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Host in which the parasite does not develop further to later stages. However, the parasites remain alive and is able to infect another susceptible host. |
Paratenic host |
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Is the period between infection and evidence of symptoms |
Incubation period |
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What does the xenous pertain |
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Ecious |
Sex organs |
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Example of monoecious |
Trematodes and cestodes |
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Example of dioecious |
Nematodes |
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Refers to burden of infection which is related to the number of worms per infected person |
Intensity of infection |
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Examples of Crustacea |
Capepods and Crabs |
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Example of Class Chilopoda |
Centipedes |
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Phylum of amoeba |
Sarcomastigophora |
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Pathogenic amoeba |
Entamoeba histolytica |
