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1. What is Babesiosis
2. Babesiosis is more dangerous for whom
3. How is babesiosis diagnosed |
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Definition
1. Babesiosis is an infection of RBCs caused by the parasite Babesia.
2. For people who have Spleen Removed the risk of severe disease and death is high
3. Thru microscope examination of blood |
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| How is babesiosis transmitted |
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Definition
| Babesiosis is trasmitted by a deer tick (Same one that transmits Lyme Disease) |
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1. Babesia lives where?
2. Symptoms of Babesiosis |
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Definition
1. Babesia lives in RBCs
2. Symptoms- Fever, Headache, Muscle aches and maybe Anemia from destroyed RBCs |
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| What happens in a normal person infected with Babesiosis |
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Definition
| A person with a functioning sleen usually has a mild illness that disapears without treatment |
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| How is babesiosis treated |
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Definition
Treatment consists of taking
1. Quinine and
2. Clindamycin
Alternative treatment is a combination of
1. Atovaquone and
2. Azithromycin |
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| Babesia is easily confused with |
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Definition
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1. How does Babesia enter human
2. Once in human, what happens
3. What creates clinical manifestation of the disease |
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Definition
1. Tick introduces Sporozoites into human
2. Sporozoites enters erythrocyte and undergoes asexual replication (budding)
3. Multiplication of the blood stage parasites causes clinical manifestations of the disease |
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| 1. Can babesia get transmitted from human to human |
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Definition
| 1. Generally no. It does occurs through blood transfusions |
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Term
1. What are the Apicomplexa Parasites (maybe right)
2. What are the Flagellate Parasites |
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Definition
1. Apicomplexa
1. Toxoplama gondii
2. Plasmodium spp
2. Flagellate
1. Trypanosoma spp
2. Leishmania spp |
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Term
| What are the Blood and Tissue Protazoa |
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Definition
1. Babesia (species)
2. Plasmodium (Malaria)
3. Toxoplasma (genus)
1. T. Gondii
4. Leishmania
1. L. Tropica
2. L. Braziliensis
5. Trypanosoma (genus)
1. T. Brucei Gambiense
2. T. Brucei Rhodesiense
3. T. Cruzi |
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1. Toxoplasmosis is caused by?
2. How is Toxoplasmosis transmitted? And, what is the route of infection
3. Who is most at risk? |
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Definition
1. Toxoplasma gondii: a single-celled parasite
2. In animal feces and undercooked meat. People may acquire the infection through hand-to-mouth contact or through contaminated food
3. Severe illness develops in fetuses and people with weakened immune systems (particularly ppl with AIDs or cancer, ot those who have received drugs to suppress rejection of an organ transplant. This is almost always fatal if untreated). |
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1. Where does Toxoplasma gondii grow and produce oocysts (a cyst containing a zygote)
2. Where is the oocyst shed |
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Definition
1. It can grow in many tissues but produces oocysts only in cat intestinal cells
2. In a cat's stool. It can survivie in kitty litter. In soil it can survive for up to 18 months |
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| 1. How is toxoplasma transfered from mother to fetus? What happens when this transfer occurs? |
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Definition
| 1. Through the placenta. The result may be miscarriage, stillbirth, or a baby born with congenital toxoplasmosis |
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