Parasitology Lab Final

What organisms will be on the microscope?

Endolimax nana, Iodamoeba butschlii, Giardia lamblia

What organisms do we need to know anatomy for?

Chilomastix mesnili, Giardia lambia, and Trichomonas vaginalis

What organism is this?

Endolimax nana

What organism is this?

Iodamoeba butschlii

What organism is this?

Giardia lamblia

What organism’s Anatomy is this? (3 Flagella)

Chilomastix mesnili

What organism’s Anatomy is this? (8 Flagella)

Giardia lamblia

What organism’s Anatomy is this?

Trichomonas vaginalis

Symptoms and Keywords for Entamoeba histolytica

ulcerative colitis, amebiasis, headache, confusion

Symptoms and Keywords of Balantidium coli

intestional lesions

Keywords and Symptoms for Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Tse Tse, immune mediated damage

Keywords and Symptoms for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

African Sleeping Sickness

Keywords and Symptoms for Trypanosoma cruzi

chag’s disease, kissing bug, localized swelling, periorbital edema, hepatosplenomegaly

Keywords and Symptoms for Leishmania donovani

sandfly, visceral leishmaniasis (kala agar)

Keywords and Symptoms for Chilomastix mesnili

diahrrea/ loose stool

Keywords and Symptoms for Giardia lamblia

diahrrea/ loose stool

Keywords and Symptoms for Trichomonas vaginalis

vagina

Keywords and Symptoms for Toxoplasma gondii

congenital toxoplasmosis

Keywords and Symptoms for Plasmodium vivax

mosquito, fever, chills

Chilomastix mesnili Life Cycle

1. Cysts in Stool

2. Host/Human

3. SI

4. Excystation

5. Trophozoite

6. Binary Fission

7. Trophozoites

8. Encystation

Giardia lamblia Life Cycle

Trichomonas Vaginalis Life Cycle

1. Cysts in Stool

2. Host/Human

3. SI

4. Vagina

5. Excystation

6. Trophozoite

7. Binary Fission

8. Trophozoites

9. Encystation

Dientamoeba fragilis Life Cycle

1. Cysts in Stool

2. Host/Human

3. SI

4. Excystation

5. Trophozoite

6. Binary Fission

7. Trophozoites

8. Encystation

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Life Cycle

1. Tse Tse 1st Blood Meal

2. Host/Human

3. Metacyclic Trypomastigote

4. Blood Stream Trypomastigotes

5. Binary Fission

6. Body Fluids

7. Tse Tse Fly 2nd Blood Meal

8. Blood Stream Trypomastigotes

9. Procyclic Trypomoastigotes

10. Binary Fission

11. Epimastigotes

12. Binary Fission

13. Metacyclic Trypomastigotes

Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle

1. Kissing Bug 1st Blood Meal

2. Host Human

3. Metacyclic Trypomastigotes

4. Penetrate cell

5. Amostigotes

6. Binary Fission

7. Trypomastigotes

8. Cell rupture and release into blood

9. Kissing Bug 2nd Blood Meal

10. Trypomastigotes in midgut

11. Epimastigotes

12. Binary Fission

13. Metacyclic Trypomastigotes

Leishmania donovani Life Cycle

1. Sandfly 1st blood meal

2. host human

3. promastigotes (I)

4. enter into macrophage

5. amastigotes

6. binary fission (M)

7. sand fly 2nd blood meal

8. macrophage with amastigots

9. cell rupture and release amastigotes

10. promastigotes

11. binary fission

Toxoplasma gondii Life Cycle

1. Oocysts in stool

   1. Rats, Birds, Pig, Sheep, Human

   2. tachyzoites

   3. cysts in the muscle/tissue

   4. CAT

Plasmodium vivax Life Cycle

1. 1st blood meal

2. Host Human

3. sporozoites (i)

4. liver cell

5. schizoint

6. merozoite

7. blood circulation

8. RBC

9. immature trophozoite

10. mature trophozoite (schizoint > cell rupture and release> merozoite)

11. Gametocyte

12. Microgametocyte (Male) or Macrogametocyte (Female)

13. mosquito 2nd blood meal

14. male and female gametocytes in midgut

15. zygote

16. ookinate

17. oocyte

18. sporozoite