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CHAPTER

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Blood (Intracellular) and

Other Tissue Protozoa

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this chapter, the learner will be expected to:

■ Describe the life cycle of Leishmania
■ List the four species of parasite-causing malaria in humans
■ Describe the three types of filariasis
■ Discuss the transmission of lymphatic filariasis
■ Trace the history of dracunculiasi

KEY TERMS

Amastigotes Elephantiasis Mucocutaneous
Antihistamines Encephalitis Myalgia
Arthralgia Filariasis Nagana
Asplenic Giemsa or Romanowski stain Nematodes
Asymptomatic carriers Gundi Occult filariasis
Babesiosi Hemiptera Onchocerciasis
Balkh sore Hemoflagellates Oriental sore
Blackflies Immunodeficient Promastigotes
Carnivores Leishmaniasis Reduviid bug
Caudal Lyme disease Ring form
Chagas’s disease Macrophages Sand gnats
Coccidians Malaria Sand flies
Copecod Merozoites Schistosomiasis
Corticosteroids Microfilaria Seroprevalence
Dracunculiasis Monocytes Splenomegaly

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