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| What is the classification of protozoa? |
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| How many types of reproduction are there? |
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How many stages are there in the life cycle of the protozoa?
What are they? |
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| What is the trophozoite stage characterized by? |
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| active, feeding forms of protozoa |
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| What is the characteristic of the cyst stage? |
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| How are protozoa grouped into classes? |
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| based on their mechanism of locomotion |
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| What class moves by pseudopodia? |
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| What disease does Entamoeba histolytica cause? |
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| What disease does Naegleria fowlerii cause? |
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| primary amebic meningoencephalitis(PAM) |
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| What disease does Acanthamoeba cause? |
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| What class moves by flagella |
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| What disease does Giardia lambia cause? |
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| What disease does Trichomonas vaginalis cause? |
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| What disease does Trypanosomes cause? |
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| African sleeping sickness |
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| What class moves by cilia |
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| What class moves by nonmotile |
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| What disease does Plasmodium cause? |
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| What disease does Toxoplasma gondii cause? |
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| What disease does Cryptosporidium cause? |
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| What are the mechanisms that enable parasites to resist host defenses |
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encystation
survival inside phagocytes
antigenic variation |
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| What is the branch of microbiology that studies fungi |
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| What are diseases caused by fungi called? |
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| What are the two types of fungi? |
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| What grows as long branching filaments and what are the filaments called |
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| molds that grow as hyphae |
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| How do most yeast reproduce? |
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| What type of fungi can grow as a yeast or mold |
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| What are dimorphic fungi growth dependent on? |
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| environmental factors-->temperature |
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| What are superficial mycoses caused by? |
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| fungi called dermatophytes |
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| what kind of tissues do mycoses infections have? |
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| superficial keratinized tissue |
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| What genera do the dermatophytes include? |
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| Epidermophyton, Microsporum, Trichophyton |
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| What organisms produce ringworms? |
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| What do subcutaneous infections result from? |
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| traumatic implantation of certain fungi into subcutaneous tissue (splinters, thorns, insect bites) |
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| What are the types of systemic infection? |
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| histoplasmosis and coccidiodiomycoses |
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| What are opportunistic infections caused by? |
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| fungi that produce disease in individuals with weakened immune systems |
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| What disease is caused by Candida albicans? |
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| What is oral candidiasis? |
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| What is caused by Cryptococcus neoformans |
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| pneumocystis carinii pneumonia |
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| What is ringworm of the scalp |
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| What is ringworm of the feet and what is the common name? |
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common name: athletes foot
Tinea pedis |
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| What is the organism of ringworm of the beard? |
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| What organism is ringworm of the body |
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| What organism is ringworm of the groin and what is the common name? |
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common name: jock itch
Tinea cruris |
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| What organism is ringworm of the palm |
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| What is ringworm of the nails? |
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