SCI 250 Week 2 Parasitology Matrix

Resource: Appendix C

Complete Appendix C located on the student website to differentiate among parasites, fungi, helminths, and arthropods.

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Appendix C – Parasitology

After reading Ch. 11 in Microbiology: Principles and Explorations,complete the following matrices to compare and contrast different parasitic organisms. You may need to use the index to help you locate some of the information needed.

PROTOZOA/MASTIGOPHORANS

Organism	Common Name	Location in Host	Mode of Transmission	Geographic Location
Trypanosoma (Ch. 24)		Nervous system	Tsetse fly
Giardia (Ch. 22)			Ingestion of fecal matter that contains motile trophozoites	Worldwide
Trichomonas (Ch. 20)	Vaginal inflammation			Worldwide
Select one of the organisms in this section. Describe the disease it causes, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the selected organism with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:

SPOROZOANS

Organism	Common Name	Location in Host	Mode of Transmission	Geographic Location
Plasmodium (Ch. 11 & 23)		Red blood cells		Tropical areas
Toxoplasma gondii (Ch. 23)	Toxoplasmosis			Worldwide
Select one of the organisms in this section. Describe the disease it causes, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the selected organism with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:

FUNGI

Organism	Common Name	Location in Host	Mode of Transmission	Geographic Location
Candida albicans (Ch. 19)			Can be sexually transmittted	Worldwide
Trichophyton (Ch. 19)			Poor hygiene or suppressed immune system	Worldwide
Histoplasma (Ch. 21)			Inhalation	Central and eastern United States and major river valleys worldwide
Select one of the organisms in this section. Describe the disease it causes, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the selected organism with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:

HELMINTHS/FLUKES

Organism

Common Name

Location in Host

Mode of Transmission

Geographic Location

Schistoma japonicum

(Ch. 23)

Lungs, liver, and urinary bladder

Worldwide

Describe the disease caused by Schistoma japonicum, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the organism in this section with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:

TAPEWORMS

Organism

Common Name

Location in Host

Mode of Transmission

Geographic location

Taenia saginata (Ch. 22)

Tapeworm disease

Uncooked beef

Describe the disease caused by Taenia saginata, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the organism in this section with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:

ADULT ROUNDWORMS

Organism

Common Name

Location in host

Mode of transmission

Geographic location

Wucheria bancrofti (Ch. 23)

Mosquitoes

Tropical areas

Describe the disease caused by Wucheria bancrofti, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the organism in this section with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:

ROUNDWORM LARVAE

Organism	Common Name	Symptoms in host	Mode of transmission	Geographic location
Borrelia burgdoreri (Ch. 23)		Skin lesions and flu-like symptoms, later arthritis and heart damage	Ticks	Parts of the United States, Australia, and Europe
Rickettsia rickettsii (Ch. 23)		Fever, headache, rash
Rickettsia prowazekii (Ch. 23)			Lice	Worldwide
Select one of the organisms in this section. Describe the disease it causes, then compare similarities orcontrast differences in modes of transmission of the selected organism with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful:

ANTHROPODS/ARACHNIDS

Organism

Common Name

Location in Host

Mode of Transmission

Geographic Location

Trichinella spiralis (Ch. 22)

Larvae in striated muscle

Worldwide

Describe the disease caused by Trichinella spiralis, then compare similarities or contrast differences in modes of transmission of the organism in this section with any other organism in any other section in this document. Focus on structures, conditions, or behaviors that make disease transmission successful: