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08/17/2012

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Term
DISEASE CAUSING FLAGELLATES
Definition
PROTOZOAN
Term
THE CAUSATIVE AGENT BEING GIADIA LAMBLIA
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
MOST COMMON PROTOZOAL INFECTION IN CHILDREN IN U.S
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
CAUSE OF "BEAVER FEVER" IN HUMAN
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
FOUND IN LEAFY VEGETABLE, "NIGHT SOIL"
Definition
Term
PEAR SHAPED-HEART SHAPED WITH 4 PAIRS OF FLAGELLA
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
"FALLING LEAF"
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
FORMATION OF CYSTS
Definition

ENCYSTATION OF

GIARDIASIS

Term
RELEASE OF TROPHOZOITES FROM CYSTS
Definition

EXCYSTATION FROM

GIARDIASIS

Term
VENTRAL SUCKING DISK
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
FOUL-SMELLING, ACUTE OR CHRONIC WATERY DIARRHEA
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
MALABSORPTION SYNDROME LEAD TO VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term

FATIGUE, FEVER, "FLATULENCE," MALAISE, NAUSEA

" MAL NAU TRIPLE F"

Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
NO CYST (NO SHIT) IN STOOL, SO DO ENTEROTEST-"STRING TEST" TO TEST TROPHOZOITES
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
INNATE IMMUNITY TO INACTIVE EFFECTS OF NO/ROS
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
SPECIFIC IMMUNITY DISPLAYS SOME ANTIGENIC VARIATION
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
FLAGYL (METRONIDAZOLE-GET ON METRO), ATABRINE, FUROXONE FOR TREATMENT
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
PREVENTION OF CAMPERS: BOIL WATER AND WATER FILTRATION
Definition
GIARDIASIS
Term
TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS WITH NO ANIMAL HOSTS INVOLVED-STD
Definition
TRICHOMONIASIS
Term
MOVES BY WOBBLING AND ROTATING MOVEMENT-A "JERK" MOTION
Definition

TRICHOMONIASIS

 

Term
NO CYST STAGE-NO CYST STAGE- NO SHIT NO SHIT
Definition

TRICHOMONIASIS

 

Term
VAGINITIS
Definition

TRICHOMONIASIS

 

Term
FROTHY GREENISH-YELLOW CREAM COLORED
Definition

TRICHOMONIASIS

 

Term
FROTH FORMS B/C OF FLAGELLATED
Definition

TRICHOMONIASIS

 

Term
FLAGYL (METRONIDAZOLE) FOR TREATMENT
Definition

TRICHOMONIASIS

 

Term
MNEMONIC: GET ON METRO FOR: " GIARDIA, ENTAMOEBA, TRICHOMONAS AND METRONIDAZOLE
Definition

TRICHOMONIASIS

 

Term
DISEASE CAUSING FLAGELLATE
Definition

TRICHOMONIASIS

  AND GIARDIA

Term
DISEASE CAUSING HEMOFLAGELLATES
Definition
LEISHMANIA AND TRYPANOSOMA
Term
TRANSMITTED BY SANDFLIES
Definition
LEISHMANIASIS
Term
OBLIGATE INTRACELLULAR-MULTIPLY IN PHAGOLYSOSOMES
Definition
LEISHMANIASIS
Term
KINETOPLASTID= ASSOCIATE WITH MITOCHONDRIA-INFECTION OF MACROPHAGES
Definition
LEISHMANIASIS
Term
SANFLY EXTRACELLULAR FLAGELLATED FORM IS PROMASTIGOTE (LEPTOMONAD FORM)
Definition
LEISHMANIASIS
Term
THE OVOID, INTRACELLULAR NON-FLAGELLATED FORM IN THE HUMAN HOST IS AMASTIGOTE
Definition
LEISHMANIASIS
Term
PROMASTIGOTE-INFECTIVE FORM TO HUMANS BY SANDFLY BITE
Definition
LEISHMANIASIS
Term
VISCERAL LEISHMANIA (KALA-AZAR-BLACK SICKNESS) ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERPIGMENTATION OF SKIN OF LIGHT COMPLEXIONED INDIVIDUALS-OFTEN IT IS FATAL IF UNTREATED
Definition
LEISHMANIA DONOVANI
Term
CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS-"ORIENTAL SORE"-"DELHI BOIL"
Definition
LEISHMANIA TROPICA- L. MAJOR (IN OLD WORLD)
Term
MUCO(MUCO, MUCO)CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS- AMERICAN LEISHMANIASIS
Definition
LEISHMANIASIS BRASILIENSIS
Term
KINTOPLASTID BODIES ADJACENT TO NUCLEUS=DONOVAN'S BODY
Definition
LEISHMANIASIS
Term
ANTINOMY COMPOUNDS
Definition
LEISHMANIASIS
Term
AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS
Definition
HUMAN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (HAT)
Term
WEST AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS
Definition
TR. BRUCEI VAR GAMBIENSE
Term
EAST AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS
Definition
TR. BRUCEI VAR RHODESIENSE
Term
TRANSMITTED BY A BUG-TSETSE FLY
Definition
TRYPANOSOMIASIS
Term
SIGNIGICANT WILD ANIMAL RESERVOIR HOSTS TO CCLE IN WITH TSETSE FLY IN ADDITION TO CYCLING IN HUMAN AND TSETSE FLY
Definition
T. BRUCEI RHODESIENSE
Term

ANTIGENIC VARIATION

 

Definition
TRYPANOSOMES
Term
TRYPOMASTIGOTE BY FLY SALIVA
Definition

TRYPANOSOMES

 

Term
MYOCARDITIS BUT USUALLY GOES TO AFFECT CNS LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT OF MENINGOENCEPHALIS
Definition

TRYPANOSOMES

 

Term
SLEEPING DIFFICULTIES, COMA LEADING TO DEATH FROM SLEEPING SYNDROME
Definition

TRYPANOSOMES

 

Term
WINTERBOTTOM SIGN AND SEROLOGY FOR IGM
Definition

TRYPANOSOMES

 

Term
GAMBIAN-EFLORNITHINE (ORNIDYL)-"RESURRECTION DRUG"
Definition

TRYPANOSOMES

 

Term
CHAGAS DISEASE
Definition
AMERICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS (CRUZI)
Term
TRANSMITTED BY TRIATOMINE BUG AKA REDUVIIDI BUG OR KISSING BUG
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
ANTIGENIC VARIATION
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
BUG DEFECATES ON BITE WOUND AND TRYPOMASTIGOTES ARE RUBBED INTO WOUND-STERCORIAN TRANSIMISSION
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
TRANSMITTED BY BLOOD TRANSFUTION
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
CHAGOMA LESION
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
EYELID SWELLING CALLED ROMANA'S SIGN WITH PALPEBRAL ADEMA, CONJUNCTIVITIS
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
ENLARGE HEART
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
MEGACOLON (LOSS OF TONE OF COLON) AND MEGAESOPHAGUS
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
CONGENITAL DISEASE LEADING TO PREMATURE BIRTH AND FETAL DEATH
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
XENODIAGNOSIS
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
AMASTIGOTE-TYPE PARASITES
Definition
TRAPANOSOMA CRUZI
Term
ENTAMEOBA HISTOLYTICA, ACANTHAMOEBA SPECIES, NAEGLERIA FOWLERRII CAUSED BY
Definition
AMOEBA
Term
BALANTIDIASIS CAUSED BY
Definition
CILIATE
Term
PLASMODIASIS, TOXOPLASMOSIS, BABESIOSIS, CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS CAUSED BY
Definition
SPOROZOAN
Term
ENTAMOEBA CAUSATIVE AGENT OF AMEBIASIS/AMEBIC DYSENTERY
Definition
AMOEBA
Term
MONTEZUMA'S REVENGE
Definition
AMOEBA
Term
DIARRHEA IS WATERY WITH BLOOD AND MUCUS IN STOOLS
Definition

AMOEBA

 

Term
LIVER ABCESSES, MANIFEST RUQ PAIN, NIGHT SOIL, FIFTH FLIES
Definition
AMOEBAE
Term
WAGON WHEEL NUCLEI, TREATMENT WITH METRONIDAZOLE,
Definition
AMOEBAE
Term
KERATITIS TO BLINDNESS, CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS AMEBIC ENCEPHALITIS
Definition
ACANTHAMOEBA
Term

DISSEMINATE THROUGH BLOOD TO SKIN, SINUSES, AND LUNGS.

IMPROPER CLEANING OF CONTACT LENSES; ENTER VIA SKIN AND OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM

Definition
ACANTHAMOEBA
Term
ONLY KNOWN HUMAN DISEASE CAUSED BY A CILIATE
Definition
BALANTIDIASIS
Term
LARGEST PROTOZOAN PARASITE-70 MICROMETER OR LARGER
Definition
BALANTIDIASIS
Term
DIARRHEA AND CONSTIPATION, CILIARY DYSENTERY (BUT NOT INVASIVE)
Definition
BALANTIDIASIS
Term
FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO (MALE MOSQUITOES DO NOT HAVE PROBOSCIS)
Definition
P. VIVAX, P. OVALE, P. FALCIPARUM, P. MALARIAE
Term

 

THE MOSQUITO IS THE DEFINITIVE HOST AND THE HUMAN BEING IS THE INTERMEDIATE HOST

Definition
P. VIVAX, P. OVALE, P. FALCIPARUM, P. MALARIAE
Term
INFECTIVE FROM TO HUMANS: SPOROZOITE BY FEMAILE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO BITE
Definition
P. VIVAX, P. OVALE, P. FALCIPARUM, P. MALARIAE
Term
PAROXYSM, HIGH FEVER WITH SHIVERING
Definition
P. VIVAX, P. OVALE, P. FALCIPARUM, P. MALARIAE
Term
ERYTHROCYTIC STAGES AND SEE RING FORM IN RBCS
Definition
P. VIVAX, P. OVALE, P. FALCIPARUM, P. MALARIAE
Term
EXO-ERYTHROCYTIC STAGES (LIVER STAGES)
Definition
P. VIVAX, P. OVALE, P. FALCIPARUM, P. MALARIAE
Term

SPOROZOITES----HEPATOCYTE--SPOROGONY

SCHIZONTS DIVIDING FORMS OF LIVER STAGES (SCHIZOGONY)

MEROZOITES RELEASED BY HEPATOCYTES

HYPNOZOITES BY RESTING LIVER STAGES BY MALARIA

Definition
EXO-ERYTHROCTIC STAGES
Term
BLOOD STAGES:MEROZOITES, TROPHOZOITES, SCHIZONTS, GAMETOCYTES,
Definition
P. VIVAX, P. OVALE, P. FALCIPARUM, P. MALARIAE
Term
TREATMENT CHLOROQUINE P04
Definition
P. VIVAX, P. OVALE, P. FALCIPARUM, P. MALARIAE
Term

THE MOST DANGEROUS FORM OF MALARIA (MORE RBC INFECTED AND DESTROYED LEADING TO ANEMIA)

 

Definition
P. FALCIPARUM
Term

CAUSE MALIGNANT-HIGHEST MORTALITY RATE IN YOUNG CHILDREN-

SLUDGE BLOOD

Definition
P. FALCIPARUM
Term
CEREBRAL MALARIA, BLACK WATER FEVER, THE URINE BECOMES DARK
Definition
P. FALCIPARUM
Term
THE CAUSE OF "BENIGN" MALARIA
Definition
P. VIVAX
Term
HEMOZOIN PIGMENT
Definition
MALARIA
Term
BABESIA MICROTI, SAME TICK OF LYME DISEASE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER ON EAST COAST IN U.S.
Definition
BABESIA MICROTI
Term
WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE AND DEER
Definition
BABESIA MICROTI
Term
TETRADS LIKE MALTESE CROSSES
Definition
BABESIA MICROTI
Term

MALARIA-LIKE, ENDEMIC TO NEW ENGLAND REGION AND NY STATE.

NANTUKET FEVER; SUBCLINIAL FEVER AND HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA

Definition
BABESIA MICROTI
Term

CAT FAMILY (CAT FECES), GET FROM INGESTION OF CONTAMINATED MEAT

CAN BE TRANSMITTED VERTICALLY (PART OF TORCH)

Definition
TOXOPLASMOSIS GONDII
Term

POTENTIALLY FETAL ENCEPHALITIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS;

CAN REACTIVE IN AIDS PATIENT AFTER BEING "DORMANT"

Definition
TOXOPLASMOSIS GONDII
Term
ASYMTOMATIC, BUT PROBLEMATIC FOR PREGNANT WOMEN
Definition
TOXOPLASMOSIS GONDII
Term
NO KITTY FOR PREGNANT WOMEN; TERATOGENIC (TORCH)
Definition
TOXOPLASMOSIS GONDII
Term
TACHYZOITES ARE TROPHOZOITES REPLICATE SEXUALLY AND ASEXUALLY IN INFECTED CAT
Definition
TOXOPLASMOSIS GONDII
Term
CYST FILLED WITH BRADYZOITES-REPLICATE SLOWLY
Definition
TOXOPLASMOSIS GONDII
Term
CAREFULL HANDLING OF KITTY LITTER BOXES,
Definition
TOXOPLASMOSIS GONDII
Term
MODIFIED ACID-FAST STAINING (OOCYSTS ARE RED)
Definition
CRYPTOSPORIDIUM
Term
NON ACID FAST OOCYSTS "SHOST"
Definition
CRYPTOSPORIDIUM
Term
NEMATODES
Definition
ROUNDWOORMS
Term

CESTODES-TAPEWORMS

TREMATODES-FLUKES

Definition
FLATWORMS
Term
MALE REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE ON ONE HELMINTH AND FEMALE STRUCTURES ON ANOTHER
Definition
DIOECIOUS
Term
ONE HELMINTH HAS BOTH MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES, TWO HELMINTHS CAN FERTILIZE EACH OTHER AND SOME CAN FERTILIZE THEMSELVES
Definition
MONOECIOUS
Term
GIANT ROUNDWORM, EGGS FROM CONTAMINATED FOOD OR SOIL (ESPECIALLY "NIGHT SOIL")
Definition
ASCARIASIS
Term
POSSIBLY OVER 1 BILLION HUMANS INFECTED WITH ASCARIS
Definition
ASCARIASIS
Term
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION, PNEUMONITIS WITH EOSINOPHILIA
Definition

ASCARIASIS

 

Term
WORM CAN BE LARGE (APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT)
Definition

ASCARIASIS

 

Term
HOOKWORM INFECTIONS
Definition
EOSINOPHILIC ENTERITIS
Term
GET FROM WALKING WITHOUT SHOES
Definition
NECATOR AMERICANUS & ANYCLOSTOMA DUODENALE (HOOKWORMS)
Term

FROM SKIN, CAN ENTER BLOOD AND GOTO ALVEOLI -->ASCEND BRACHOTRACHEAL TREE INTO PHARYNX AND THEN SWALLOWED; IN JEJUNUM AND BECOME ADULTS WHICH PRODUCE EGGS, WHICH ARE EXCRETED IN FECES

 

Definition
NECATOR AMERICANUS & ANYCLOSTOMA DUODENALE (HOOKWORMS)
Term
MICROCYTIC HYPOCHROMIC ANEMIA (SEVERE DEFICIENCY ANEMIA); PNEUMONITIS WITH EOSINOPHILIA (LOOFFLER PNEUNONITIS)
Definition
NECATOR AMERICANUS & ANYCLOSTOMA DUODENALE (HOOKWORMS)
Term
PINWORM; MOST COMMON HELMINTH INFECTION IN U.S
Definition
ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS
Term
SELF-INFECT AND RE-SELF-REINFECT
Definition
ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS
Term
CHILDREN IN DAY CARE CENTERS; FEMALES GOES TO ANUS AT NIGHT, AND EGGS ARE DEPOSITED AND HATCHED AND CAN OBSERVE THEM FROM ANUS ALONG WITH PINWORMS IN MORNIGN. CHILDREN START SCRATCHING PERIANALLY ESPECILLY AT NIGHT AND BACK TO MOUTH
Definition
ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS-PINWORM
Term
SCOTCH TAPE TESTAND LOOK FOR EGGS
Definition

ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS-PINWORM

 

Term
INGESTION OF RAW OR UNDERCOOKED MEAT FROM PIGS/BEAR/WALRUS/SEAL
Definition
TRICHINELLA SPIRALLIS (MUSCLE WORM)
Term
MYALGIA ("EXQUISITE" MUSCLE PAIN), PERIORBITAL AND FACIAL EDEMA
Definition
TRICHINELLA SPIRALLIS (MUSCLE WORM)
Term
CURLED-UP LARVAE IN MUSCLE (NURSE CELLS)-PIGS-ONLY FEED COOKED GARBAGE
Definition
TRICHINELLA SPIRALLIS (MUSCLE WORM)
Term
LARVAE IN SNAIL-LARVAE CERCARIAE RELEASED INTO WATER AND ENTER HUMAN BY PENETRATING SKIN
Definition
SCHISTOSOMIASIS-AKA BILHARZIA
Term
SCHISTOSOMIASIS NOT IN U.S B/C LACK SPECIFIC FRESHWATER SNAIL
Definition
TRICHINELLA SPIRALLIS (MUSCLE WORM)
Term
INITIAL URTICARIAL SKIN RASH-SWIMMER'S ITCH; CLAY PIPESTEM FIBROSIS OF LIVER
Definition
TRICHINELLA SPIRALLIS (MUSCLE WORM)
Term
FIBROSIS FORMED AROUND HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN, LARGE NUMBER OF EGGS IN HEPATIC TISSUE; FIBROSIS AND GRANULOMA FOMATION DUE TO HOST REACTION TO EGGS
Definition
TRICHINELLA SPIRALLIS (MUSCLE WORM)
Term
CONTROL FRESHWATER SNAILS
Definition
TRICHINELLA SPIRALLIS (MUSCLE WORM)
Term
PRAZIQUANTEL FOR TREATMENT
Definition
TRICHINELLA SPIRALLIS (MUSCLE WORM)
Term
ADULT SCHISTOSOMA, SPLIT-BODY, SLENDER FEMALE LIVES PERMANENTLY IN A GROOVE IN THE BODY OF THE MALE, PORTAL VEINS, GO TO EITHER INTESTINAL OR BLADDER LUMEN, EXCRETED INTO STOOLS OR URINE LEADS TO GRANULOMATOUS LESION
Definition
TRICHINELLA SPIRALLIS (MUSCLE WORM)
Term
SCOLEX, LARVAE CYSTICERSUS;  VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES IN HOST SUCH AS VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY
Definition
TAENIASIS
Term
ALL FLATWORMS DO NOT HAVE DIGESTIVE TRACTS-THEY ASSIMILATE NUTRIENTS
Definition
TAENIASIS
Term
CYSTERICERCOSIS HAPPENS FROM CONSUMING FOOD OR WATER CONTAMINATED WITH HUMAN FACES CONTAINING TAENIASIS SOLIUM EGGS.
Definition
TAENIASIS
Term
HUMANS ARE DEFINITIVE HOSTS FOR T. SOLIUM/ WITH T. SAGINATA, HUMANS ARE ALSO THE DEFINITIVE HOST IN THIS CASE, COWS ARE THE INTERMEDIATE HOSTS
Definition
TAENIASIS
Term
PROGLOTTIDS-SCOTCH TAPE METHOD GRAVID PROGLOTTIDS CONTAIN EGGS
Definition
TAENIASIS
Term

DO NOT PRODUCE CYSTICERCI

 

Definition
T. SAGINATA
Term
PRODUCE CYSTICERCI IS
Definition
T. SOLIUM
Term
ONCOSPHERES, LARVAL CYSTS (OFTEN IN BRAIN) LEAD TO NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS
Definition
TAENIASIS
Term

UNDERCOOKED FISH SUCH AS SUSHI

 

Definition
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM
Term
LONGEST TAPEWORM, CAN BE 13 METERS
Definition

DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM

 

Term
VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY AND MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA
Definition

DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM

 

Term
DOG TAPEWORM-CESTODE;WORLD-WIDE INCLUDING WESTERN U.S
Definition
ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUSC
Term
HYDATID DISEASE
Definition
ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
Term
UNILOCULAR CYSTS-CAN BE IN THE LIVER, LUNG; DAUGHTER CYSTS
Definition
ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUSC
Term
THE CYST FLUID IS PROTEINACEOUS AND THE HOST CAN BECOME SENSITIZED. CAN LEAD TO ALLERGIC SYMPTOMS SUCH AS EDEMA OR ASTHMA. IF CYST RUPTURES, IT MAY SEED OTHER BODY SITES OR THE HUMAN CAN UNDERGO ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK AND PERHAPS DIE
Definition
ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUSC
Term
UNILOCULAR CYST, HYDATID SAND
Definition
ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
Term
HUMANS ARE A NON-DEFINITIVE HOST CAUSE VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS; HUMAN GOOD EXAMPLE OF A PARATENIC
Definition
TOXOCARA CANIS
Term
HEAD LICE
Definition
PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITUS
Term
BODY LICE
Definition
PEDICULUS HUMANUS HUMANUS
Term
LICE OR LOUSE- INSECT IN ORDER PHTHIRAPTERA
Definition
PEDICULOSIS
Term

EPIDEMIC TYPHUS-RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKI

RELAPSING FEVER-BORRELIA RECURRENSIS

TRENCH FEVER-BARTONELLA QUINTANA

Definition
BODY LICE P.HUMAN CAPITUS
Term
STD
Definition
CRAB LICE
Term
CIMEX LENTICULARIS
Definition
BEGBUGS
Term
BLOOD-SUCKING ECTOPARASITES
Definition
BEDBUGS
Term
WEST NILES VIRUS
Definition
CULEX
Term
FILARIASIS (WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI)
Definition
ANOPHELES
Term
YELLOW FEVER
Definition
AEDES AEGYPTI
Term
GLOSSINA SPECIES (TSETSE FLY)
Definition
BLOOD SUCKING FLIES
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