01:146:328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Bulinus, Salinomycin, Serology

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Cell Biology and Neuroscience
• Course: 01:146:328
• Professor: Professor Fong

Document Summary

Vector: ixodidae ticks (definitive host: microti: human species. Small blood parasites infects red blood cells. Isogamets: males and female are similar is shape and size. Theileria: disease similar to babesia: life cycle: The cycle begins when an infected tick sends sporozoites into a mouse while taking a blood meal. The sporozoites then go into red blood cells, where they asexually reproduce by budding. The babesia then differentiate into male and female gametes. The gametes are once again ingested by the tick, where the they join and undergo the sporogonic, producing sporozoites. Vertical transmission occurs in some types of babesia, but not b. microti: pathology: Examining blood specimens under a microscope and seeing babesia parasites inside red blood cells: therapy: Treated with a combination of medications: genome: Clindamycin plus quinine (this combination is the standard of care for severely ill patients: microti: 66mb, 3 chromosomes, 3554 genes. Infects many/multiple species; infects many cell types; most successful cell.