Microbiology Lab exam 2 Identificaion

Trypanosoma bruceii

What diease does Trypanosoma bruceii cause?

African sleeping sickness - characterized by neurological issues

Plasmodium

What disease does Plasmodium cause

Malaria -

Giardia lamblia

What disease does Giardia lamblia cause?

Giardiasis or “Beaver fever” - characterized by foul smelling diarrhea

Entamoeba histolytica

What disease does Entamoeba histolytica cause?

Amoebiasis - characterized by diarrhea containing blood and mucus, bacteria eats intestinal tissue

Balantidium coli

What disease does Balantidium coli cause?

Balantidiasis - characterized by blood in diarrhea, abdominal pain. Pigs are primary reservoir host

Schistosoma mansoni (male)

Schistosoma mansoni (female)

Taenia pisiformis

Ascaris lumbricoides (Male)

Ascaris lumbricoides (female)

Enterobius vermicularis

What disease does Enterobius vermicularis cause?

Enterobiasis (Pinworm) - worm that crawls out of your butt to lay eggs

Ancylostoma duodenale

What disease does Ancylostoma duodenale cause?

Ancylostoma (Hookworm) - causes iron deficient anemia

Necatur americanus

Ixodes

What disease do Ixodes transmit?

Lyme disease

Amblyomma

What disease do Amblyomma transmit

Ehrlichiosis

Anopheles

What disease do Anopheles transmit

Malaria

Culex

What disease do Culex(s) transmit

Arhtropod-borne viral encephalitis

Zygospore of Rhizupus

Macroconidia of Trichophyton

Blastospore of thrush (candida)

Pseudohyphae of Candida

Liver fluke

Diphyllobothrium Latum Gravid

Taenia pisiformis

Enterobius verimcularis eggs

Trichinella spirallis encysted larvae