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21 Cards in this Set
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Protozoans
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-eukaryotic
-Binary fission |
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Giardiasis
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-food/waterborne
-Giardia lamblia -"beaver fever" -ID of 10 |
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Amebiasis
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-food/waterborne
-Entamoeba histolytica |
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Sporozoa
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-food/waterborne
-Cryptosporidium parvum -ID of 10 |
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Toxoplasmosis
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-food/waterborne
-Toxoplasma gondii -primary reservoir= cats |
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African Sleeping Sickness
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-arthropodborne
-Trypanosoma brucei -tsetse fly -infects blood -flagellated -ID 500, ~50,000 in fly bite |
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Chagas Disease
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-arthropodborne
-Trypanosoma cruzi -kissing bug -infects heart |
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Leishmaniasis
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-arthropodborne
-Leishmania spp. -sand fly -infects liver, spleen, skin |
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Malaria/Babesiosis
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-arthropodborne
-Plasmodium spp. -Mosquito -infect blood |
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Babesiosis
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-arthropodborne
-Babesia -tick -infects blood |
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Trichomoniasis
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-sexually transmitted
-Trichomonas vaginalis -urogenital tract -flagellated |
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Anflatoxins
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-fungi
-Aspergillus flavus and parasiticus |
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Ergotism
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-fungi
-Calviceps purpurea |
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Fungi
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-multicellular
-eukaryotic -yeasts and molds |
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Dermatophytosis (aka ringworm)
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-fungi
-Commonly known as “tinea infections” -Athlete’s foot, head, body, groin (jock itch) and nail ringworm |
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Candida albicans
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-fungi
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Cryptococcus infection
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-fungi
-affects lungs and meninges |
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Histoplasmosis
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-fungi
-Histoplasma capsulatum |
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Blastomycosis
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-fungi
-Blastomyces dermatitidis -respiratory/skin infections |
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Pneumocystis jiroveci infection
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-fungi
-most common cause of non-bacterial pneumonia |
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Aspergillosis
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-fungi
-Aspergillus fumigatus |
