Lab test 4

1.  Guardia lamblia
      Protozoan
      Disease:  Giardiasis
      S/S:   Diarrhea
      Transmission:  Ingestion

2.  Balantidium coli
     Protozoan
     Disease:  Balantidiasis
     S/S:  colon ulceration, bloody mucoid    feces, diarrhea w/ constipation, asymptotic
     Transmission:  ingestion
   

3.  Toxoplasma gondii
      Sporozoan protozoan
      Disease:  Toxoplasmosis
       S/S:  systemic infection
       Transmission:  ingestion

4.  Trichomonas vaginalis
      Protozoan
      Disease:  Trichomoniasis
      Genital inflammation
      Transmission:  sex

5.  Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)12-65
      Nematode
     Disease:   Pinworms
     S/S:  1/3 asymptomatic
     Transmission:  fecal-oral

6.  Enterobius eggs (pinworm egg) 12-66
      Nematode

7.  Necator americanus (hookworm) 12-68
      Nematode
     Disease:  Hookworms
     S/S:  most are asymptomatic,( bloody diarrhea, iron deficiency anemia in acute or chronic infections)

8.  Trichinella spiralis
      Nematode
     Disease:  Trichinosis ( porkworm)
     S/S:  nausea & vomiting, sweating, diarrhea
     Transmission:  infestion

9.  Clonorchis sinensis 12-42
     Trematode (oriental liver fluke)
     Disease:  Clonorchiasis, a liver disease
     S/S:  liver damage, weakness
     Transmission:  ingestion of undercooked infected fish.  Japan area. 
    

10.  Pediculus capitis (head lice)
        Parasite insect
        Disease:  head lice
        S/S:  itching
        Transmission:  direct contact head to head

11.  Cimex lectularis (bed bug)
        Parasite insect
        Disease:  Bed bugs
        S/S:  rash, allergic symptoms, psychological effects
        Transmission:  bites from bug

12.  Pulex irritans (flea)
        Flea vector for the bacterium Yersenia  pestis (Human flea)
        Disease:  plague
        S/S:  itching
        Transmission:  bites from flea

13.  Anopheles sp. (Mosquito)
        Vector
        Disease:  molaria
        S/S:  itching
        Transmission:  bite from mosquito
       
       

14.  Demodex sp.  (Mite)
        Parasite (mite)
        Disease:  infected hair follicies & oil
                          Glands on face.
        S/S:  asymptotic, on eyelashes
        Transmission:  direct contact

15.  Taenia sp.   (Beef Tapeworm)
        Cestodes
        Disease:  Taeniasis
        S/S:  nausea, diarrhea, belly pain,  headache.
         Transmission:  ingestion of undercooked beef containing juvenile worms. 

16.  Taenia eggs (Beef tapeworm eggs)
        Cestodes
        Disease:  Taeniasis  ( tapeworms)
        S/S:  nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, headache
        Transmission:  ingestion, eating undercooked beef continuing juvenile worms.

17.  Ascaris lumbricoides (lg.  roundworm)
       Nematode (Parasite worm)
       Disease:  intestinal blockage
        S/S:  organ inflammation, secondary bacterial infections like pneumonia, intestine blockage, malnutrition
        Transmission:  eggs in fecally contaminated soil are ingested.

18.  Dirofilaria immitis (dog heart worm)
        Parasite filaria
        Disease:  dog heartworm
        S/S:  seizure, blindness, lambness
        Transmission:  mosquito
      

19.  Borrella burgdorferi
        Spirachete bacteria
        Disease:  Lyme disease
        S/S:  fever, headache, red rash around bite, fatigue
        Transmission:  tick

20.  Deer tick
        Vector
        Disease:  Lyme disease
        S/S:  itching, inflammation
        Transmission:  tick bite

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