Parasitology notes
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This Parasitology notes page gathers user-made notes on parasite life cycles, helminths and protozoa. It offers university students material for revising these topics and teachers ready-made material for teaching them. There are over 10 notes at university level. Choose a note to start exploring.
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Medical Parasites and Parasitic infection A parasite is a uni or multicellular organism that exploits its host for the purpose of staying alive, some are harmless but others can damage or kill its host. A parasite offers nothing to the relationship therefore ...
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Helminths and the Roundworms General CharacteristicsThey are eucaryitic, multicellular organisms with a simplified/no digestive system. They have a nervous system but reduced locomotion. There reproductive system is complexed and their life cycle...
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PII - Cestodes 1 The flatworms: Cestodes: tapeworms Trematodes: flukes Cestode structure: segmented body hermaphrodite (don't have separate sexes, just need one worm inside a host for reporoduction no ali...
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protozoa Protozoa protos "first" + zoia "animal" PROTOZOOLOGY -is the study of protozoan, the "animal-like" protists Protozoans are an extremely diverse assortment of unicellular eukaryotes Protozoa l Lack a cell ...
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Bumpy Vampire Worm - created from Mind Map NematodeRoundworm Lifecycle Epidemiology
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Intro to parasitology Parasite = an organism thats dependent metabolically on another, where that organism benefits at the expense of the other Harm to host Number Site Feeding habits Blood Gut contents etc Competition for nutr...
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Protozoan Zoonosis and Public Health Toxoplasma gondii - the perfect parasite evasion of host immune defences Fecund - able to reproduce quickly Resistant to environmental conditions broad host range can invade wide range of...
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Protozoa 2 Trypanosoma: single cellular flagellated (3 anterior flagella) extra cellular Kinetoplast: disc like structure within the mitochondria containing mitochondrial DNA Life cycle: - most case...
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Apicomplexa Apicomplexan parasites extensively manipulate the host cell environment to establish infection, survive and proliferate cryptosporidium plasmodium toxoplasma theileria Apical complex = allow them to establ...
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Parasitology - Intro Protozoan Parasites: single celled organisms microscopic usually multiply within host can have direct or indirect life cycle Acute infection - parasite numbers increase rapidly (younger a...
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Plasmodium vivax life cycle The P.vivax life cycle involves two hosts. During a blood meal, a malaria-infected female Anopheles mosquito inoculates sporozoites into the human host (1). Sporozoites infect liver cells (2) and either enter a dorman...
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Helminth Parasites 1 *see lecture word document for more notes Helminth Parasites: multicellular - contain many different proteins/carbs etc. complex life cycles - often involving more than one host Immune responses elic...
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Helminths 2 Helminths preferentially induce Th2 responses Th2 responses are protective against some g.i. nematodes *helminth infection is often characterised by impaired T cell proliferation - mechanism allowing parasite su...
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MALARIA PAROXYSM - created from Mind Map SYMPTOMS MECHANISMP. vivax and P. malariae malaria, the person may feel fine between attacks P.f may not exhibit distinct paroxysms SEVERE COMPLICATIONS
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Trypanosomes Trypanosomes - blood parasite than can go into organs and skin (if in brain can kill) 2 deathly diseases: African sleeping sickness African animal trypanosomiasis Some African trypanosomes are ...
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Untitled - created from Mind Map
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Protozoal Diseases: INTRODUCTION
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Platyhelminthes - created from Mind Map Trematodes General properties: 1) Small flat, leaf like worms Paragoniumus westermani (lung fluke) Clonorchis sinensis (liver fluke) Schistosoma spp (blood fluke) Cestodes Diphyllobothrium latum Echinococcus granulosu...
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Untitled Chapter 9 ( parasite praktikum) Metode Macmaster calculate telur cacing /(nematode,cestode, ookista) using kamar hitung after diapungkan dengan cairan pengapung
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Helminths Nematodes- Round worms- Muscles contain:a) Excitatory neuromuscular junction: Ach stimulates nicotinic receptorb) Inhibitory neuromuscular junction: Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) stimulates GABA receptors
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These notes cover parasites from several angles. Plasmodium vivax life cycle follows a life cycle involving mosquito and human hosts. Helminths and the Roundworms introduces general characteristics of these organisms, while Apicomplexa looks at parasites and their host cells.
For an introduction, start with the note on medical parasites and parasitic infection. It defines parasites and describes their relationship with hosts. Then move to a note on a group or life cycle you are studying.
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The note on medical parasites and parasitic infection is a useful starting point because it introduces parasites and their relationship with hosts. If you are already studying a particular group, try Helminths and the Roundworms for general characteristics or Apicomplexa for parasites and their host cells.
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