Microbiology Lab Final - PARASITE

Acanthamoeba spp.

Disease: keratitis; blindness

MOT: freshwater contact (contact lens wearer)

Balantidium coil

Disease: balantidiasis, dysentery

MOT: fecal-oral

Cryptosporidium parvum

Disease: cryptosporidosis

MOT: fecal-oral

Entamoeba histolytica

Disease: amoebic dysentery, amoebiasis

MOT: fecal-oral

Enterobius vermicularis

Disease: pinworm

MOT: fecal-oral

Giardia intestinalis/ lamblia

Disease: giardiasis

MOT: fecal-oral

Leishmania spp.

Disease: cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis

MOT: sand flies

Naegleria fowleri

Disease: meningoencephalitis, brain eating ameoba

MOT: swimming in warm freshwater

Plasmodium spp.

Disease: malaria

MOT: anopheles mosquito

Taenia solium

Disease: cysticerosis, epilepsy

MOT: fecal-oral, eating undercooked pork

Trichinella spiralis

Disease: trichinosis (muscle cyst)

MOT: eating undercooked meat(usually pork)

Toxoplasma gondii

Disease: taxoplasmosis

MOT: fecal-oral (usually cats)

Trypanosoma brucei

Disease: African sleeping sickness

MOT: tsetse fly

Trypanosoma cruzi

Chaga’s disease

MOT: kissing bugs

Trichomonas vaginalis

Disease: vaginitis

MOT: sexual contact