Can be burnt out

Form of myasis

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

Can be smoked out

Caused by the larvae of the hookworm family

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

Treated with metronidazole

Caused by the larvae of the ringworm family

Treated with Ivemectin

Worm grows within skin and bursts out - painfully

Usually longer than 20 meters

Can be up to a meter long

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

Usually no symptoms for a long time - a year ish

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

Caused by dragonfly

Caused by botfly

prevented with malarone prophylaxis

viseral form can be treated with metronidazole

Visceral form can be treated with amphoteracin

From female sand flies

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

From ingested faeces

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

From cat shit

From mosquitos

From guinea worm

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

3 types - visceral, cutaneous and mucosal

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

P.Malariae

P.Ovale

P.Knowlesi

P.Falciparum

P.Vivax

Presents with septic shock

Treatments can be based on quinine

Presents with fever/chills

Treatments can be penicillin based

P.Ovale is the most fatal

Can be transmitted transplacentally

P.Falciparum is the most fatal

Can cause rice water diarrhoea

Transmission through female anopheles mosquito

Presents with heamaturia

P.Malariae is the most fatal

Common features include fever, tiredness, vomiting ahd headaches

Can cause black water fever

Can result in jaundice, seizure, coma, death

First stage is itching, fever headache and joint pains

spread by tsetse fly

Known as african fever

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

incubation time - 2-3 weeks

incubation time - 2-3 years

East/south east africa - T.b rhodiense

East/south east africa - T.b gambiense

Known as sleeping sickness

West/north west africa - T.b rhodiense

found in central africa

West/north west africa - T.b gambiense

Chronic - stages of intestse sleep

Intially cannot stay awake

MALARONE

MALARIOCIDE

P.MALARIAE

P.VIVAX

P.OVALE

P.FALCIPARUM

P.KNOWLESI

malaria

entamoeba histolytica

giardia lamblia

Family of parastic tics

Family of parasitic hermit crabs

Family of parasitic worms

Family of parasitic bats

Family of blood feeding flies

Family of parasitic arachnids