Can be burnt out

These parasites only infect human skin as they lack the enzymes to burrow deeper

Can be smoked out

Caused by the larvae of the ringworm family

Form of myasis

Parasites live in the intestines of cats, dogs and wild animals

Caused by the larvae of the hookworm family

Treated with metronidazole

Treated with Ivemectin

Caused by dragonfly

Usually no symptoms for a week - then burning pain as fly emerges

Worm grows within skin and bursts out - painfully

Caused by botfly

Caused by guinea worm that can infect water fleas - that can live in water that can be ingested by humans

Can be up to a meter long

Usually no symptoms for a long time - a year ish

Usually longer than 20 meters

From cat shit

Cutaenous infections can be cut out/frozen out/ heated out or poisoned out

From mosquitos

cutaneous leishmaniasis causes sores and ulcers - can scar or lead to bacterial infection

visceral is more serious - can and can affect liver, spleen and bone marrow

3 types - visceral, cutaneous and mucosal

viseral form can be treated with metronidazole

From female sand flies

From ingested faeces

From guinea worm

visceral leishmaniasis causes sores and ulcers - can scar or lead to bacterial infection

Visceral form can be treated with amphoteracin

prevented with malarone prophylaxis

P.Falciparum

P.Malariae

P.Vivax

P.Knowlesi

P.Ovale

Presents with septic shock

Can be transmitted transplacentally

Common features include fever, tiredness, vomiting ahd headaches

Treatments can be penicillin based

P.Falciparum is the most fatal

Can cause black water fever

P.Ovale is the most fatal

Treatments can be based on quinine

Transmission through female anopheles mosquito

Can result in jaundice, seizure, coma, death

Presents with heamaturia

P.Malariae is the most fatal

Presents with fever/chills

Can cause rice water diarrhoea

East/south east africa - T.b rhodiense

Chronic - stages of intestse sleep

Known as sleeping sickness

West/north west africa - T.b rhodiense

incubation time - 2-3 weeks

Weeks to months after bite the second stage begins with confusion, poor coordination, numbness and trouble sleeping

First stage is itching, fever headache and joint pains

spread by tsetse fly

found in central africa

incubation time - 2-3 years

West/north west africa - T.b gambiense

Intially cannot stay awake

Known as african fever

East/south east africa - T.b gambiense

MALARIOCIDE

MALARONE

P.FALCIPARUM

P.VIVAX

P.OVALE

P.KNOWLESI

P.MALARIAE

entamoeba histolytica

giardia lamblia

malaria

Family of parastic tics

Family of parasitic hermit crabs

Family of parasitic bats

Family of parasitic worms

Family of parasitic arachnids

Family of blood feeding flies