Exam 32: Eukaryotic Pathogens: Fungal and Parasitic Diseases

A common mechanism in fungal diseases is

Many fungi produce ________ that can cause significant disease.

Which of the following human mutations correlates with resistance to plasmodial infections in West Africa?

Use the events in the life cycle of Schistoma mansoni to propose two different strategies to reduce the incidence of snail fever.

Schistosoma and Plasmodium species both require

Protists that produce spores are especially difficult to kill because they contain cell membranes that are resistant to common disinfecting chemicals.

Giardia cysts are found in MOST surface water sources in the United States.

Which of the following filariases can be controlled by thoroughly cooking pork and wild game?

Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts are highly resistant to

Fifteen high school students visited a local farm in central Wisconsin for a weekend where they enjoyed petting farm animals,riding horses,and campfire meals.With sanitation in mind,only one individual remembered to wash her hands with water pumped from a well after petting the animals before dinner.After two weeks of the girl passing out at random occasions,she was rushed into the emergency room where doctors determined she was severely dehydrated.Explain how it took direct observation of a fecal sample to solve this potential life-threatening disease and how this disease was treated in the otherwise healthy girl.Also mention any necessary precautions the individual should have taken after being diagnosed with the disease.

The malarial parasite growing within erythrocytes is more resistant than the free parasite to the drug chloroquine.