Glossary of Systemic Infectious Disease Buzzwords
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- Elephantiasis
- Wuchereria bancrofti
- Bear meat
- Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis)
- Ingestion of larvae causes disease
- Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis)
- Lymphatic granulomas and bacterial superinfection
- Wuchereria bancrofti (filariasis/elephantiasis)
- Nocturnal microfilariae migration to blood
- Wuchereria bancrofti (filariasis/elephantiasis)
- Larvae transmitted by mosquito bite
- Wuchereria bancrofti
- River blindness
- Onchocerca volvulus
- Microfilariae migration in skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Onchocerca volvulus
- Larvae transmitted by Simulium black fly bite
- Onchocerca volvulus
- Visceral larva migrans
- Toxocariasis (Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati)
- Eggs ingested from dog/cat feces
- Toxocariasis (Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati)
- Eosinophilic granulomas form in response to dead larvae
- Toxocariasis (Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati)
- Swimmer's itch
- Schistosoma dermatitis
- Association with bladder carcinoma
- Schistosoma haematobium (vesicular schistosomiasis)
- Intermediate host = snail
- Schistosoma spp.
- Miracidia, cercariae
- Schistosoma spp.
- Promastigote/amastigote
- Leishmania spp.
- Sandfly = transmission vector
- Leishmania spp.
- Winterbottom's sign
- African sleeping sickness (Trypansomiasis -- T. brucei rhodesiense, T. brucei gambiense)
- Demyelinating encephalitis
- African sleeping sickness (Trypansomiasis -- T. brucei rhodesiense, T. brucei gambiense)
- Trypomastigote
- Trypansomiasis -- T. brucei rhodesiense, T. brucei gambiense, T. cruzi
- Kissing bugs
- American trypanosomiasis (T. cruzi)
- Romana's sign
- American trypanosomiasis (T. cruzi)
- Myocarditis, megaesophagus, megacolon, meningoencephalitis
- American trypanosomiasis (T. cruzi)
- Xenodiagnosis
- American trypanosomiasis (T. cruzi)
- Anopheles mosquito = definitive host; humans = intermediate host
- Malaria (Plasmodium spp.)
- Sporozoite --> hepatic schizont --> merozoite --> trophozoite --> RBC schizont --> gametocytes
- Malaria (Plasmodium spp.)
- Relapsing fever due to hypnozoites in liver
- Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale
- Lack of Duffy blood group antigen
- Resistance to P. vivax
- Affects reticulocytes only
- P. vivax, P. ovale
- Primaquine works as a gametocide
- P. falciparum
- Chloroquine works as a gametocide
- P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae
- Tropical spastic paraparesis
- HTLV-I
- Adult T-cell leukemia
- HTLV-I
- Tax protein inactivates p53
- HTLV-I
- Burkitt lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Hodgkin disease, lymphoproliferative disorders
- EBV
- Infection of oropharyngeal epithelial cells
- EBV, CMV
- Binds to cellular complement receptor C3d
- EBV
- Pneumonia in transplant recipients
- CMV
- Maltese cross (trophozoite)
- Babesia
- Asian liver fluke
- Clonorchis sinensis
- Sheep liver fluke
- Fasciola hepatica
- Lung fluke
- Paragonimus westermani
- Anti-trematode Rx
- Praziquantel
- Watercress (water plants)
- Fascioliasis (F. hepatica)
- Tx for river blindness
- Ivermectin
- Tx for Ascaris, Necator, Enterobius
- Pyrantel pamoate
- Tx for Leishmaniasis
- pentavalent antimony
- Tx for cysticercosis
- Praziquantel
- Tx for tapeworms (cestodes)
- Niclosamide
- Tx for Chagas' disease
- Nifurtimox
- Tx for African trypanosomiasis
- Suramin
- Tx for nematode/roundworm infections
- Mebendazole/thiabendazole
- Tx for nematode/roundworm infections
- Mebendazole/thiabendazole
