: Protozoa and animal parasites

: Protozoa and animal parasites

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Review Sheets

Based on your knowledge from the lab manual readings from this week, create a 2- to 3-page document in Microsoft Word for providing answers to questions in the following review sheets:

Week 4 Review Sheet
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Review sheet below:

Week 4 – Review Sheet

Exercise 6: Protozoa and animal parasites

1. Describe the basic structures of protozoa.Can these same structures be seen in bacteria

using a light microscope?

2. Are any parasitic diseases directlycommunicable from person to person? If so, howare they transmitted?

3. What kinds of precautions should be taken in caring for persons with directly transmissibleparasitic

infections?

4. What parasitic forms can be seen in the fecesof a patient with hookworm?

Cryptosporidiosis? Tapeworm? Trichinosis?

5. What parasitic forms can be seen in the bloodof a patient with African sleeping sickness?Filariasis? Amebiasis?

6. What is meant by the “life cycle” of a parasite?What importance does it have to those who takecare of patients with parasitic diseases?