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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: LAB 22 - PARASITOLOGY, Ascaris lumbricoides disease ascariasis, Plasmodium species disease malaria, Entamoeba histolytica diagnosis look for cysts of E. histolytica in a fecal smear, Toxoplasma gondii diagnosis serologic testing and by growing the organism in cell culture, cestodes (tapeworms) disease beef, pork, and fish tapeworms, nematodes (roundworms) organism Ascaris lumbricoides, Giardia lamblia transmission fecal-oral route, Trypanosoma gambiense diagnosis look for T. gambiense in the blood, in aspirated fluid from lymph nodes, or in spinal fluid, Enterobius vermicularis transmission inhaling E. vermicularis ova or from transfer of ova to the mouth from fecally-contaminated fingers, apicomplexans: Are not motile in their mature forms; reproduce both asexually and sexually. organism Toxoplasma gondii, Enterobius vermicularis disease pinworms, Plasmodium species diagnosis look for the parasite within infected red blood cells (schizonts), Toxoplasma gondii transmission ingesting raw meat of an infected mammal or by inhaling or ingesting cysts of T. gondii from cat feces, ciliophora: Cilia are used for motility and direction of food particles into the mouth or cytosome. organism Balantidium coli, protozoans forms trophozoite: The vegetative form (motile, feeding, reproducing form) of a protozoan, ciliophora: Cilia are used for motility and direction of food particles into the mouth or cytosome. transmission fecal-oral route, Trichomonas vaginalis transmission by venereal contact, LAB 22: PARASITOLOGY types of parasite protozoans, protozoans description Unicellular eukaryotic microorganisms belonging to the Kingdom Protista., helminths reproduction sexually by ova (eggs)
