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| Ocular infections in Contact lens wearers |
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| Cause of Fatal Primary Amebic Meningoenecephalitis "Brain eating Amoeba" |
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| Leishmania tropica and Donovani |
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| Cause of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis |
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| Cause of Visceral Leishmaniasis |
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| Transmitted by tsetse flies and causes African sleeping sickness |
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Tryapnosoma Cruzi
(Reduviid Bug) Known as "Kissing Bug" |
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| Transmitted by Anopheline mosquitoes and causes Malaria |
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| This is the reason why pregnant women can't change cat liter. |
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| Can go through filtered water and is a zoonotic infection from calves/cows |
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| Diagnosed by seeing Tropozoites in CSF and Brain tissues, sometimes will be flagellated in CSF |
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| Diarrhea is usually bloody due to this parasite |
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| Causes Subacute/chronic granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) in immunodeficient, keratitis and corneal ulcers |
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| Naegleria Fowleri and Aanthamoeba |
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| Acute keratitis and corneal ulcers due to improper contact lens use/cleaning |
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| Will see Pseudopolyps inside the stomach and a toxic megacolon |
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| Is a strict human pathogen |
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| Cysts are found in stools and Trophozoites are in the Diarrheal stools |
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Naegleria Flowler
Leishmania
Trypansoma Cruzi |
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| Examples of Zoonotic Parasitic Infections |
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Trypanosoma Bruceii (Gambiense and Rhodesiense)
Ancyclostoma Caninum
Ancyclostoma Braziliense
Cryptosporidium
Leishmania |
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Humans for Trypanosoma bruceii Gambiense
Wild ungulates (Antelopes and cattle for Rhodiense |
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| Rural-wild and domestic canines, Rodents and Urban-humans are the reservoir |
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| Leishmania Tropica and Mexicana |
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| Leishmani Brazilensis and Peruviana |
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| Nodular furuncle called a chagoma |
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| Trypanosoma Cruzi (American Trypanosomiasis) |
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| Normally have ascites or big tummies with this infection |
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| Leishmania Visceral (L.Donovani) |
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| Seen in South Texas, Mexico and Central/South America |
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Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis
Trypanosoma Cruzi |
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| Transmitted by kissing bug |
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| If a Chagoma occurs near the eye it's known as? |
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| Diagnosed by Amastogotes in tissue macrophage and serology |
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| Causes African Sleeping Sickness |
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| Chronic infection can lead to megaesophagus, megacolon and cardiomyopathy |
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| Responsible for Lung Fluke and see chronic cough and hemoptysis |
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| Paragonimus Westermani (Trematodes) |
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| Causes Liver Fluke and leads to chronic intermittent biliary obstruction and inflammation |
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| Fasciola Hepatica (Trematode) |
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| Causes Blood Fluke, can see hepatosplenomegaly and bloody diarrhea |
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| Schistosoma species (Trematode) |
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| Major illness seen with this infection is Katayma fever |
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| Taenia Saginatum is located in _________ |
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| Echinococcus Granulosus is located in __________ |
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| Dogs, known as dog tape worm |
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| Taenia Solium is located in ________ |
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Taenia Solium
Taenia Saginatum
Echinococcus Granulosus |
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| Causes Neurocyticercosis (A cyst that travels to the CNS) |
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| Neurocyticercosis occurs when _______ rather than _______ is ingested |
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| Diagnosed serologically, CT, MRI or Gravid proglattids in feces |
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| Most distinctive sign of this disease is Winterbottom's sign (Lymphadenopathy) |
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| African Sleeping Sickness |
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| Replicates by Binary fission |
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| Diagnosed by Trypomastigotes in blood |
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| Snails can be an example of a intermediate host for these |
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| Possibility of a vaccine is limited due to a rapid antigenic variation |
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| Can be obtained through water sources |
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Dracunculus Medinensis
Giardia
Cryptosporidium
Naegleria Flowler
Acanthamoeba
Entamoeba Histolytica |
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