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| A tough, resistant, survival stage |
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| The stage involved in feeding and reproduction. |
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| Intestinal infection transmitted when people drink the cyst of Giardia in contaminated water. |
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| African trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness) |
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Transmitted by the bite of a tsetse fly.
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| common cause of vaginitis |
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| Amoebiasis (Amoebic dysentery) |
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| Intestinal infection transmitted by the cyst of Entamoeba in food or water. |
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| Causes intestinal infection |
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Two major categories of helminths:
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| have no digestive system and hermaphroditic |
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| Have a digestive tract and are dieocious |
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Two major groups of Flatworms:
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Penetrate the skin, usually through the feet.
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Live in the large intestine, female exits anus at night to lay eggs in the perianal folds.
Dx by placing tape on the perianal skin.
Are a type of roundworm. |
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Contracted by eating undercooked pork.
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| Are living organisms that cause DS |
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| vector for plague and typhus |
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