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Parasite Identification
Parasite genus and species listed with the diseases they cause/niche they infect/common name
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Pathology
Undergraduate 4
10/17/2012

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Term
Plasmodium falciparum
Definition
Malign tertian malaria
Term
Plasmodium vivax
Definition
Benign tertian malaria
Term
Plasmodium malariae
Definition
Quartan malaria
Term
Plasmodium ovale
Definition
Tertian malaria
Term
Fasciola hepatica
Definition
"Sheep liver fluke"
Term
Fasciola gigantica
Definition
"Giant liver fluke"
Term
Fasciola magna
Definition
Deer liver fluke
Term
Fasciola buski
Definition
"Pig intestine fluke"
Term
Chlonorchis sinensis
Definition
"Chinese liver fluke"
Term
Heterophyes heterophyes
Definition
infects liver
Term
Dicrocelium dendritucum
Definition
"Lancelet liver fluke"
Term
Prosthogonimus macrorchis
Definition
Bird oviduct fluke
Term
Paragonimus westermani
Definition
Lung fluke from crabs
Term
Paragonimus kellicotti
Definition
Lung fluke from crawfish
Term
Schistosoma haematobium
Definition
Bladder venous plexus
Term
Schistosoma mansoni
Definition
Inferior venous plexus
Term
Schistosoma japonicum
Definition
Superior venous plexus
Term
Babesia bigemina
Definition
Ruminant & human babesiosis
Term
Babesia microti
Definition
Rodent & human babesiosis
Term
Babesia canis
Definition
Canine babesiosis
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