BIOL 4105 : Test1_parasitology
Document Summary
Disease: mechanisms of pathogenesis, mechanisms of survival in host, diagnoses and treatment. Host parasitology relationship : study of parasites and their relationship to hosts how did parasitology evolve, don"t know, we meet parasites metabolic and nutritious needs. World health organization (who) list of 6 unconquered diseases: malaria, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, african tyrpanosomiasis (sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, leprosy, (first five are all parasites, while leprosy is a bacteria) Certain parasite diseases still epidemic in certain regions of the usa: giardia lamblia ( childcare diarrhea , cryptosporidium parvum, toxoplasma gondii, enterobius vermicularis, nector amervcanus, ancylstoma duodenale. Must think global: any agent in the world is 18 hrs away by place, people travel, people immigrate, stow away organisms in imported products, emerging diseases spread by migrating animals. Pathogenesis: process involved in development of disease, how the parasite causes disease. Etiology: study of the cause of a disease, the parasite causing the disease.
