Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical
Parasitology Exam/Latest
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Parasitology - -Area of biology concerned with the phenomenon of dependence of
one living organism on another
-Medical Parasitology - -Concerned primarily with parasites of humans and their
medical significance, as well as their importance in human communities
-Topical medicine - -Bunch of medicine that deals with tropical disease and other
special medical problems of tropical regions
-Tropical disease - -You're a mess, which is indigenous to or endemic in a tropical
area but may also occur in sporadic or epidemic proportions in ares that are not
tropical
-Symbiosis - -relationship of two or more organisms living together
-Symbionts - -Organisms that are living together
-Types of symbiosis - -commensalism, mutualism, parasitism
-Commensalism - -Symbiotic relationship in which to a species live together and
one species benefits from the relationship without harming are benefiting the
other
-Mutualism - -To organisms mutually benefit from each other
-Entamoeba coli - -Example of parasite that belongs to commensalism
-Termites - -example of Parasite that belongs to mutualism
-parasitism - -One organism, the parasite, lives in or on another, depending on the
latter for its survival and usually at the expense of the host
-Entamoeba histolytica - -Example of parasites that belongs to parasitism
-Location/habitat
Mode of development
mode of living - -Parasites are classified according to
-Endoparasite - -parasite living inside the body of the host
-infection - -presence of endoparasite on a host
, -infestation - -The presence of ectoparasites on a host
-ectoparasite - -parasite living outside the body of a host
-cytozoic - -endoparasite living in cells
-Enterozoic - -endoparasite living in the lumen of intestines
-Hematozoic - -endoparasite living in RBCs
-Plasmodium spp. - -Example of hematozoic parasite
-coezolic - -endoparasites living in body cavities
-Mansonella ozardi - -example of coezolic parasite
-E. histolytica
A. lumbricoides - -examples of endoparasite
-lice
ticks
mites - -examples of ectoparasite
-endoparasite
ectoparasite - -parasite according to habitat/location
-obligate parasite
facultative parasite - -Parasite according to mode of development
-Obligate parasite - -Needs a host at some stage of their life cycle to complete their
development and to propagate their species
-tapeworms
plasmodium spp
ascaris - -Examples of obligate parasite
-Facultative parasite - -May exist in free-living (can survive without a host) state
or may become parasitic when they need arises
-Strongyloides stercoralis - -example of facultative parasite
-accidental/incidental
permanent
temporary/intermittent
periodic
transitory
spurious
erratic - -classification of parasite according to mode of living
-Accidental (incidental) parasite - -A parasite found in other than its normal host
Parasitology Exam/Latest
Update/109 Questions with Correct
Answers/Verified
Parasitology - -Area of biology concerned with the phenomenon of dependence of
one living organism on another
-Medical Parasitology - -Concerned primarily with parasites of humans and their
medical significance, as well as their importance in human communities
-Topical medicine - -Bunch of medicine that deals with tropical disease and other
special medical problems of tropical regions
-Tropical disease - -You're a mess, which is indigenous to or endemic in a tropical
area but may also occur in sporadic or epidemic proportions in ares that are not
tropical
-Symbiosis - -relationship of two or more organisms living together
-Symbionts - -Organisms that are living together
-Types of symbiosis - -commensalism, mutualism, parasitism
-Commensalism - -Symbiotic relationship in which to a species live together and
one species benefits from the relationship without harming are benefiting the
other
-Mutualism - -To organisms mutually benefit from each other
-Entamoeba coli - -Example of parasite that belongs to commensalism
-Termites - -example of Parasite that belongs to mutualism
-parasitism - -One organism, the parasite, lives in or on another, depending on the
latter for its survival and usually at the expense of the host
-Entamoeba histolytica - -Example of parasites that belongs to parasitism
-Location/habitat
Mode of development
mode of living - -Parasites are classified according to
-Endoparasite - -parasite living inside the body of the host
-infection - -presence of endoparasite on a host
, -infestation - -The presence of ectoparasites on a host
-ectoparasite - -parasite living outside the body of a host
-cytozoic - -endoparasite living in cells
-Enterozoic - -endoparasite living in the lumen of intestines
-Hematozoic - -endoparasite living in RBCs
-Plasmodium spp. - -Example of hematozoic parasite
-coezolic - -endoparasites living in body cavities
-Mansonella ozardi - -example of coezolic parasite
-E. histolytica
A. lumbricoides - -examples of endoparasite
-lice
ticks
mites - -examples of ectoparasite
-endoparasite
ectoparasite - -parasite according to habitat/location
-obligate parasite
facultative parasite - -Parasite according to mode of development
-Obligate parasite - -Needs a host at some stage of their life cycle to complete their
development and to propagate their species
-tapeworms
plasmodium spp
ascaris - -Examples of obligate parasite
-Facultative parasite - -May exist in free-living (can survive without a host) state
or may become parasitic when they need arises
-Strongyloides stercoralis - -example of facultative parasite
-accidental/incidental
permanent
temporary/intermittent
periodic
transitory
spurious
erratic - -classification of parasite according to mode of living
-Accidental (incidental) parasite - -A parasite found in other than its normal host
