EEB 3895 Midterm: Exam 1 Study Guide
31 Jan 2019
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Transmission strategies: the five f"s (fingers, fomites, food, flies, and fluids), trophic transmission, penetration, injection. Introduction to parasitic protozoa: general features distinguishing protozoans from metazoans (single celled, generation time very small, increase in numbers rapidly within host, host needs to deal with both original and new infections [even without additional exposure], etc. Note: this exam covers the following 19 species/subspecies of protozoans of medical importance as well as 2 species of note, but of non-medical importance (in parentheses): Giardia duodenalis, naegleria fowleri, acanthamoeba polyphaga, entamoeba histolytica, (entamoeba gingivalis) Trichomonas vaginalis, (trichomonas tenax), pentatrichomonas hominis, trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, trypanosoma cruzi, leishmania tropica, leishmania major, leishmania donovani, Leishmania braziliense, leishmania mexicana, plasmodiuim vivax, plasmodium falciparum, plasmodium malariae, Be certain to use proper scientific notation (i. e. , generic and specific epithets should be underlined to indicate italicization; generic epithets should begin with an upper case letter; specific epithets should begin with a lower case letter).
