MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY

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MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY

• HELMINTHS PROTOZOA

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INFORMATION EMPHASIS

• Agent and Group ID general importance
• Epidemiology (distribution, transmission, etc)
• Pathogenic capability
• Diagnosis
• Control

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BASIC TERMINOLOGY PRINCIPLES

• Symbiosis Living together
• Commensalism One symbiont benefits, other
  unaffected
• Mutualism Both symbionts benefit
• Parasitism One symbiont benefits, other is
  damaged

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COMMON TERMS

• Obligate vs Facultative Parasites
• Endo- vs Ecto-parasites
• Pseudo- vs Spurious Parasites
• Zoonotic Parasites
• Host-specific vs Non-host-specific Parasites
• Definitive vs Intermediate Hosts
• Paratenic/Transfer Hosts
• Vectors

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PARASITE SURVIVAL FACTORS

• Parasites have successfully adapted to (all?)
  environmental