Resource: Appendix C
Complete Appendix C located on the student website to differentiate among parasites, fungi, helminths, and arthropods.
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Appendix C – Parasitology
After reading Ch. 11 in Microbiology: Principles and Explorations,complete the following matrices to compare and contrast different parasitic organisms. You may need to use the index to help you locate some of the information needed.
PROTOZOA/MASTIGOPHORANS
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Organism |
Common Name |
Location in Host |
Mode of Transmission |
Geographic Location |
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Trypanosoma (Ch. 24) |
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Nervous system |
Tsetse fly |
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Giardia (Ch. 22) |
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Ingestion of fecal matter that contains motile trophozoites |
Worldwide |
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Trichomonas (Ch. 20) |
Vaginal inflammation |
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Worldwide |
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Select one of the organisms in this section. Describe the disease it causes, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the selected organism with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:
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SPOROZOANS
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Organism |
Common Name |
Location in Host |
Mode of Transmission |
Geographic Location |
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Plasmodium (Ch. 11 & 23) |
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Red blood cells |
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Tropical areas |
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Toxoplasma gondii (Ch. 23) |
Toxoplasmosis |
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Worldwide |
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Select one of the organisms in this section. Describe the disease it causes, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the selected organism with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:
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FUNGI
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Organism |
Common Name |
Location in Host |
Mode of Transmission |
Geographic Location |
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Candida albicans (Ch. 19) |
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Can be sexually transmittted |
Worldwide |
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Trichophyton (Ch. 19) |
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Poor hygiene or suppressed immune system |
Worldwide |
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Histoplasma (Ch. 21) |
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Inhalation |
Central and eastern United States and major river valleys worldwide |
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Select one of the organisms in this section. Describe the disease it causes, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the selected organism with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:
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HELMINTHS/FLUKES
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Organism |
Common Name |
Location in Host |
Mode of Transmission |
Geographic Location |
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Schistoma japonicum (Ch. 23) |
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Lungs, liver, and urinary bladder |
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Worldwide |
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Describe the disease caused by Schistoma japonicum, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the organism in this section with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:
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TAPEWORMS
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Organism |
Common Name |
Location in Host |
Mode of Transmission |
Geographic location |
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Taenia saginata (Ch. 22) |
Tapeworm disease |
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Uncooked beef |
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Describe the disease caused by Taenia saginata, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the organism in this section with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:
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ADULT ROUNDWORMS
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Organism |
Common Name |
Location in host |
Mode of transmission |
Geographic location |
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Wucheria bancrofti (Ch. 23) |
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Mosquitoes |
Tropical areas |
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Describe the disease caused by Wucheria bancrofti, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the organism in this section with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:
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ROUNDWORM LARVAE
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Organism |
Common Name |
Symptoms in host |
Mode of transmission |
Geographic location |
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Borrelia burgdoreri (Ch. 23) |
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Skin lesions and flu-like symptoms, later arthritis and heart damage
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Ticks |
Parts of the United States, Australia, and Europe |
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Rickettsia rickettsii (Ch. 23) |
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Fever, headache, rash |
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Rickettsia prowazekii (Ch. 23) |
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Lice |
Worldwide |
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Select one of the organisms in this section. Describe the disease it causes, then compare similarities orcontrast differences in modes of transmission of the selected organism with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:
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ANTHROPODS/ARACHNIDS
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Organism |
Common Name |
Location in Host |
Mode of Transmission |
Geographic Location |
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Trichinella spiralis (Ch. 22) |
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Larvae in striated muscle |
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Worldwide |
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Describe the disease caused by Trichinella spiralis, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the organism in this section with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:
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