Animated lifecycle of the malaria parasite TRANSMISSION TO MAN TRANSMISSION TO MAN LIVER Sporozoites Nucleus Hypnozoite Sporozoites 15-30 mins P. vivax dormant stage
PHYLUM APICOMPLEXA: coccidians. Morphology and General Life Cycle. apical ... develop blindness, mental retardation, hydrocephalus; major cause of birth defects ...
Apicomplexa originally called sporozoa no free-living forms complex life cycles spore-like forms intracellular stages defined by apical organelles invasive stages
Sporozoites enter The liver Detoxified by heme polymerizase forming hemozoin Mosquito infects human with plasmodium sporozoites upon biting Sporozoites reproduce
Malaria is a vector borne parasitic disease caused by the genus Plasmodium, affecting over 100 countries of the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
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MALARIA 40% of the world s population lives in endemic areas 3-500 million clinical cases per year 1.5-2.7 million deaths (90% Africa) increasing problem (re ...
Eukaryotic Pathogens: Algae and Protozoans What types of eukaryotic organisms are pathogenic, and how do they differ from bacteria? Algae: dinoflagellates and saxitoxin
Schizogeny asexual reproduction that results from multiple mitosis by ... Lab tests such as necropsy or biopsy eith organism is definitive; ELISA or molecular tests ...
Table of various host-parasite relationships. Considerations: Host type vs host ... Class: Sarcodina (amoeba) motile by 'pseudopods' several genera: Entamoeba, ...
Malaria Cycle (Hviid, 2004) (Marsh et al, 2004) Variant Surface Antigens (VSA) ... An antigenically conserved group, in time and space, associated with severe disease. ...
MALARIA Four Plasmodium species are responsible for human malaria: P. falciparum malignant tertian malaria P. vivax, benign tertian malaria P. ovale ...
Fig. 14-1, p. 344 * Figure 14.1: There is concern that bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogen mimic, can leach out of polycarbonate baby bottles, especially when they are ...
Malaria parasite (plasmodium) Pathogen of malaria P.vivax ; P.falciparum ;P.malariae ; P.ovale P.vivax ; P.falciparum are more common Plasmodium is a wide ...
Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis: Polysaccharides conjugated with protein ... Botfly Larvae: MYIASIS. Malaria. Kills 1-3 million people a year. ...
1-3uM trophs in RBCs resembling early ring forms of Plasmodium falciparum ... homological characteristics that conflict to resemble both a protozoan and a fungus. ...
Done to verify that a chosen gene has been incorporated into the DNA of the ... This shape causes them to get tangled up and clog the spleen and blood vessels. ...
Malaria HIV, malaria and TB are among the most important infectious agents in the world. There are no vaccines against them, and all have the same property of ...
Blood and Tissue Protozoa Mark F. Wiser Department of Tropical Medicine School of Public Health Protozoa of Blood and Tissues Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas Disease ...
Mitochondria break down and release cytochrome c into the cytoplasm. DNA condenses and fragments ... Few host mitochondria retain membrane potential. Not quite ...
Dogs Brazil Yai et al, 1997. Absent in: Domesticated animals, Haiti ... Perform tissue biopsies in animals shedding C. cayetanensis oocysts to determine ...
GI intolerance. Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache ... The systemic elimination of chloroquine is about 50% and remaining amount is eliminated by the renal ...
Viral History Discovery of Viruses Beijerinck ... A virus is a non-cellular particle made up of genetic material and protein that can invade living cells.
Nematodes are their own phylum (roundworms vs annelids) ... Phylum nematode: roundworms are cylindrical, non-segmented worms (vs Cestodes & Annelids) ...
... 14-2 In terms of death rates, the most serious infectious diseases are flu, AIDS, ... Pneumonia and flu (bacteria and viruses) Disease (type of agent) ...
viruses Living Nonliving Contain a single type of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), protein coat, sometimes an envelope. Are obligatory intracellular parasites.
... with a pruritic rash on his right buttock accompanied by flu-like symptoms. ... non-specific flu-like signs, and the use of automated cell readers that cannot ...
previously known as cyanobacterium-like or coccidia-like body (CLB) ... although has been isolated from non-human primates (chimpanzees and baboons) ...