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The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the three blood cell lines is called :

Complete Blood Count (CBC)

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From a blood sample, the serodiagnosis is based on a set of immunological techniques to

reveal the presence of :
Antibodies
__________________________ and / or Antigens
__________________________

Cite the two main slide preparation techniques for the parasitological examination of
blood.
Thick blood smear
Technique 1 : ________________________________ Thin blood smear
Technique 2 : _______________________________

How do you name the methods of concentration of helminth eggs in stools using an
aqueous solution of very high density?
Flotation technique
Methods of concentration : _____________________________

Which species is commonly called "body louse"?

Pedicules humanus
Latin name : ___________________________________________
corporis
Name the parasitosis caused by the "chigoe flea" in humans.

Tungiasis
Name of the parasitosis : __________________________________

Define the term « myiasis ».

infestation of live human vertebrate animals w dipterous larvae

Definition : _____________________________________________________________________________
,

What is the medical word used for fungal infections of folds? feed
>
-
on host' dead / living
tissue
intertrigo
Name : ___________________

What is the most dangerous clinical form of Cryptococcus infection?

Gyptococcal Meningitis
Dangerous form : __________________________________

In what type of patients deadly Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia occur?

(HIV/AIDS)
Immunocompromised
Patient type : ___________________________________ patients
In nature, what is the main reservoir of Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum (in
America)?
Bird + bat droppings
Reservoir : _____________________________________________

Concerning mortality and morbidity of parasitic diseases, at which rank is amoebiasis?

3rd
Rank of incidence : _______________________

Cite two clinical forms of amoebiasis.

Intestinal amoebiasis
Form 1 : ________________________________ (Amoebic dysentery
Extra intestinal amoebiasis
Form 2 : ________________________________ (amoebis Liver obcess)
Cite an apicomplexan species that provoke digestive disorders in human?

Cyptosporidium
Latin name : __________________________________
parvum
Plasmodium sp
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Toxoplasma gondii
Eimeria sp /Theilriasp
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From the point of view of classification, to which class do Giardia intestinalis belong? P
Diplomonadida
Class : ______________________________________

Why the stools of patient infected with Giardia intestinalis are smelly and discolored? greasy

Malabsorption ofgats steatorrhea stools)

(gatty
_________________________________________________________________________________________
>
youl-smelling
->

What is the main mode of contamination by Trichomonas vaginalis? pale calar

Sexual contact
Contamination : _______________________________________

Using the map below, indicate (approximately) the geographical distribution of American
trypanosomiasis. southern halg of US
↓

Argentina

What clinical form does the final stage of African trypanosomiasis correspond to?

Sleeping sickness
Clinical form : ______________________________________

In the south of America, which parasitic disease Triatominae bugs are the main vectors?

Chagas disease
Parasitic disease : ___________________________________

In the acute phase, what is observed in the patient if Trypanosoma cruzi has penetrated:

/local ?
at the level of the skin : Chagoma swellings
_________________________________

Romana's (unilateral
at the conjunctiva : _________________________________
sign painless periorbital swelling)
What is the name of the vector known for loiasis?
I Loa loa
Chrysops
Genus : __________________________________________

What is the major complication of onchocerciasis?

Blindness
Main complication : _____________________________________

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Therefore, what is the common name used for naming onchocerciasis?

River Blindness
Common name : _______________________________________
water fleas
How human become infested by dracunculiasis? ↑

By drinking
water
containing
___________________________________________________________________________________ copepods infected w

From a taxonomic point of view, what class do this species belong to? Dracuneuls medinensis
Securrentla
Class : ______________________________________
P Larval

Which term is given to the process allowing an amplification of the number of infectious
parasitic elements of flatworms in the intermediate host (a mollusk)?
Asexual
Process : ____________________________________ reproduction (Sporocyst ,
Radia stages
How to become infested by schistosomiasis?
water fresh
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Coming into contact w cercarial
containing &
Complete (fulfill) the five points missing in the below cycle. (gree swimming larva
stage
of schistosoma

water)
>
-

penetrate shin)
Cercariae released (snail
->

Sporocysts in snail
gree-swimming
(successive generation

hatch
eggs
miracidia
releasing
S .
manson, Paired
adult worms :

bowel/rectum
mesenteric venules of
that circulate to
the
Claying lggs
shed in stools
Sheamatobium liver and
venous
plexus of bladder

Give a synonym for the term "pulmonary fluke infection".

Paragonimiasis
Synonym : ___________________________________
(lungglike infection
What parasitic larval disease can be contracted following the ingestion of Taenia solium
eggs? What is the most common and serious clinical form of this infection?

Cysticercosis
Parasitosis : _________________________________

Neurocysticercosis
Clinical form : _______________________________

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