Term
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Definition
| Crytosporidium parvum, Isospora belli, and Cyclospora cayetanensis |
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Term
| Cryptosporidium parvum intestinal disease |
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Definition
| primarily immunosuppressed |
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Term
| Cryptosporidium parvum developmental stages |
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Definition
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Term
| Cryptosporidium parvum autoinfection |
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Definition
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Term
| Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts |
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Definition
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Term
| Cryptosporidium parvum diagnosis |
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Definition
| oocysts (4-6 uM) containing 4 sporozoites, MAF stains, immunassay kits (FA, EIA) |
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Term
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Definition
| indistinguishable from infections with Cryptosporidium |
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Term
| Isospora belli life cycle |
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Definition
| occurs within cytoplasm of epithelial cells of small intestine |
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Term
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Definition
| not infective when passed |
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Term
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Definition
| modified acid fast, auramine-rhodamine, giemsa |
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Term
| Cyclospora cayetanensis diarrhea |
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Definition
| Prolonged but self-limited |
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Term
| Cyclospora cayetanensis oocyts |
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Definition
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Term
| Cyclospora cayetanensis stain |
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Definition
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Term
| Cyclospora cayetanensis fluroescence |
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Definition
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Term
| Characteristics for Microsporidia |
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Definition
| obligate intracellular parasites, several genera |
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Term
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Definition
| Encephalitozoon, Enterocytozoon, Nosema, Pleistophora, and Septata |
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Term
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Definition
| infective spore ingested, transfers sporoplasm to host cell via polar filament, binary fission (schizogony) as well as sexual reproduction, rupture of host cell |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| # of coils in polar filament, Septations in spore and Size |
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Term
| Blastocystis hominis as a possible cause of diarrhea |
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Definition
| Symptomatic person with >5 B. hominis/high power field & no other enteric pathogen |
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Term
| Blastocystis hominis size |
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Definition
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Term
| Blastocystis hominis nuclei |
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Definition
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Term
| Blastocystis hominis central body |
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Definition
| large and pulled away from outer shell, nuclei on sides |
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