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| subcutaneous fungus that causes sporotrichosis in gardeners, from thorn prick |
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| systemic fungus that appears as "fungus ball" on x-ray and causes allergic rxn |
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| systemic fungus sometimes classified as a protozoan and causes interstitial pneumonia in AIDS patients |
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| systemic fungus endemic to desert southwest(San Joaquin Valley Fever) |
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| systemic fungus found in pigeon droppings that may appear as a single nodule resembling a tumor |
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| systemic fungus endemic in the Ohio valley and found in bird and bat droppings causing x-ray visible, pulmonary granulomas |
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| protozoa that cause watery diarrhea and flu-like symptoms |
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| protozoa that cause watery diarrhea with blood and mucus in stools; liver abscesses |
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| protozoa that cause watery, foul-smelling diarrhea with malabsorption, flatulence, and cramps; from creek water |
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| protozoa that cause vaginitis with frothy discharge |
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| protozoa endemic to tropics and transmitted by the sandfly; infects macrophages leading to subcutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral disease |
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| protozoa that cause malaria |
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acquired from cat litter, ingestion of undercooked meat, or in utero;
Mononucleosis-like syndrome in healthy individuals; Potentially fatal encephalitis in immunocompromised patients |
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| protozoa endemic to West Africa, transmitted by the tsetse fly, causing sleeping sickness |
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| roundworms contracted from ingestion of food or soil that can be large (1 ft) and can cause intestinal obstruction and pneumonitis |
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| pinworms that cause perianal pruritis and itching, spread by touch, and detected by scotch tape test |
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| hookworms located in soil causing diarrhea abdominal pain, weight loss, and pneumonitis |
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| Strongyloides stercoralis |
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| threadworm found in soil, causing dermatits and pneumonitis |
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| roundworms contracted from eating undercooked pork causing fever, diarrhea, eye edema, nail hemmorrhages |
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| blood and bladder flukes transmitted through the skin (snail intermediate) causing fibrosis of the liver and ascites, bladder granulomas; eggs covered in spines |
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| tapeworms contracted from beef or pork causing abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss |
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| tapeworm contracted from raw or undercooked freshwater fish that can absorb B12 |
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| dog tapeworm which burrows through intestinal wall and forms a cyst that can be fatal if ruptured |
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| protozoa endemic to South America transmitted by the reduviid bug and causing Chagas' disease |
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