Life Cycle
This larval stage in nematodes is the most infectious.
What is L3?
This protozoan causes Chagas Disease.
What is Trypanosoma cruzi?
These parasites are found in areas of poor sanitation and hygiene, and where human feces is commonly used as fertilizer.
What is Ascaris?
Roundworms are a part of this taxonomic group.
What is a nematode?
This nematode is diagnosed using visualization of the gross adult worm extending from the leg.
What is Dracunculus medinensis?
This life stage of a protozoan is found in an insect.
What is an epimastigote?
This parasite can be transmitted from felines to pregnant women, and cause severe infections in the newborn.
What is Toxoplasma gondii?
This parasite is common in hogs that are allowed to feed in areas contaminated by human feces.
What is Taenia solium?
This is the segmented part of a tapeworm.
What is a proglottid?
This parasite is most typically detected at the amastigote life stage and is diagnosed using a spleen smear.
What is Leishmania spp.?
This parasite moves up the respiratory tree to be coughed up and swallowed to invade the GI tract.
What is Ascaris sp.?
This nematode causes Elephantiasis or lymphatic filariasis.
What is Wuchereria bancrofti?
This word is used to describe infections that spread between people and animals.
What is zoonotic?
This protozoan is often identified by having a “clown face” during diagnostics.
What is Giardia sp.?
This is the unique diagnostic test used to detect Wuchereria Bancrofti.
What is a Knott’s test?
The immature flukes live in the liver of the host.
What is Fasciola hepatica?
Common clinical signs include diarrhea, dehydration, weight loss, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting due to this parasite.
What is Cryptosporidium?
Snail control is often used to help mitigate this taxonomic group.
What is a trematode?
This distinct morphological feature helps to grossly determine the genus of Schistosoma sp..
What is the spine?
This diagnostic test uses specialized enzymes that attach to antibodies found in blood.
What is an ELISA?
This trematode can live 10+ years in sheep.
What is Fasciola hepatica?
In the cutaneous form, this parasite causes a small, red, papule, where ulcers may coalesce at the site.
What is Leishmania tropica and L. major or Leishmania mexicana?
This parasite is found in the US in MD, GA, FL, TX, AZ, NM, CA, LA, and AL.
What is Trypanosoma cruzi?
This leaf-like trematode is 30mm x 14mm.
What is Fasciola hepatica?
This parasite is detected when larvae are expelled into bodies of water.
What is Dracunculus medinensis?