Micro Unit IV Test: Chapter 33

onchocerciasis

a major cause of helminthic infectious blindness is ________

it binds to ergosterol

amphotericin B is an antifungal medication. what might its mechanism of action be?

example of secondary systemic mycosis

cryptococcosis that develops in the lungs of patiend with HIV/AIDS

dermatophytes

superficial mycoses are caused by a group of fungal pathogens called ____________

anemia

Malaria is caused by a protist that is transmitted by mosquitoes. During its life cycle, the protist goes through cycles of destroying erythrocytes. What is the medical conseqeunce

it is a parasitic relationship

e. histolytica, transmitted by contaminated food, grows on and in the cells lining the intestine and later within the intestinal wall. this results in dysentery. what describes the relationship between e. histolytica and its host

they are transmitted by insect vectors

how are trypanosome diseases similar to malaria

contaminated food or water

which of the following is the most common node of transmission of infections caused by non-fungal eukaryotic parasites