9.3. PARASITES

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Arthropods

Arthropods play a significant role in medicine, both as direct agents of disease and as vectors transmitting various pathogens. Here's an elaboration on the provided list and their medical significance:

Myriapoda + Pentasomida+ Crustacea+ Chelicerata + Insecta 

<p><span>Arthropods play a significant role in medicine, both as direct agents of disease and as vectors transmitting various pathogens. Here's an elaboration on the provided list and their medical significance:</span></p><p><span>Myriapoda + Pentasomida+ Crustacea+ Chelicerata + Insecta&nbsp; </span><br></p>
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Myriapoda

Centipedes possess venomous claws; their bites can cause pain, swelling, redness, and, in rare cases, severe allergic reactions, especially in sensitive individuals.


<p>Centipedes possess venomous claws; their bites can cause pain, swelling, redness, and, in rare cases, severe allergic reactions, especially in sensitive individuals.</p><p></p>
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Pentastomida

Tongue worms can infect humans, causing pentastomiasis, a typically zoonotic infection where humans are accidental hosts.

<p><span>Tongue worms can infect humans, causing pentastomiasis, a typically zoonotic infection where humans are accidental hosts.</span></p>
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Crustacea types

Copepods

Decapods

<p>Copepods </p><p>Decapods </p>
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Crustacea - Copepods

Freshwater copepods can be intermediate hosts for Dracunculus medinensis, the parasite causing Guinea worm disease.

<p><span>Freshwater copepods can be intermediate hosts for Dracunculus medinensis, the parasite causing Guinea worm disease.</span></p>
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Crustacea - Decapods

Decapods (Crabs, Crayfish) can act as intermediate hosts for various parasitic flukes that infect humans.

<p><span>Decapods (Crabs, Crayfish) can act as intermediate hosts for various parasitic flukes that infect humans.</span></p>
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Chelicerata types

Spiders

Scorpions

Mites

Ticks

<p>Spiders </p><p>Scorpions</p><p>Mites </p><p>Ticks </p>
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Chelicerata - Spiders

Some, like the Black Widow or Brown Recluse, can deliver medically significant bites causing local and systemic symptoms. Most spider bites are harmless.

<p><span>Some, like the Black Widow or Brown Recluse, can deliver medically significant bites causing local and systemic symptoms. Most spider bites are harmless.</span></p>
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Chelicerata - Scorpions

Some species have potent venom causing systemic symptoms, and in rare cases, death.

<p><span>Some species have potent venom causing systemic symptoms, and in rare cases, death.</span></p>
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Chelicerata - Mites

Responsible for conditions like scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) and can cause allergic reactions.

<p><span>Responsible for conditions like scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) and can cause allergic reactions.</span></p>
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Chelicerata - Ticks

Vectors for pathogens causing Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Tick-borne encephalitis, among others.

<p><span>Vectors for pathogens causing Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Tick-borne encephalitis, among others.</span></p>
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Insecta Types

Flies

Mosquitoes

Lice

Fleas

Bugs

Stinging Insects

<p><strong>Flies</strong></p><p><strong>Mosquitoes</strong></p><p><strong>Lice</strong></p><p><strong>Fleas</strong></p><p><strong>Bugs </strong></p><p><strong>Stinging Insects </strong></p>
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Insecta - Flies

Vectors for diseases like African sleeping sickness (tsetse flies) and Leishmaniasis (sandflies).

<p><span>Vectors for diseases like African sleeping sickness (tsetse flies) and Leishmaniasis (sandflies).</span></p>
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Insecta - Mosquitoes

Vectors for diseases including malaria, dengue, Zika virus, chikungunya, and West Nile virus.

<p><span>Vectors for diseases including malaria, dengue, Zika virus, chikungunya, and West Nile virus.</span></p>
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Insecta - Lice

Can transmit diseases like epidemic typhus, trench fever, and cause direct infestations leading to itchiness and discomfort.

<p><span>Can transmit diseases like epidemic typhus, trench fever, and cause direct infestations leading to itchiness and discomfort.</span></p>
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Insecta - Fleas

Vectors for bubonic plague bacterium and can transmit other pathogens.

<p><span>Vectors for bubonic plague bacterium and can transmit other pathogens.</span></p>
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Insecta - Bugs

Transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease.

<p><span>Transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease.</span></p>
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Insecta - Stinging Insects (e.g., bees, wasps, hornets).

Their stings can cause local reactions, severe allergic reactions, or anaphylaxis in sensitive individuals.

<p><span>Their stings can cause local reactions, severe allergic reactions, or anaphylaxis in sensitive individuals.</span></p>