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    14/3/2017

    PARASITIC Todays class


    CLASSIFICATION Parasitic Classification

    Major Groups of Parasites


    Parasites Taxonomy
    Basic Parasitic Classification (protozoa vs. metazoa)
    Basic Parasitic Classification (intestinal vs. systemic)

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    1. Major Groups of Parasites


    1. Protozoa
    Single cell eukaryotes
    Microscopic organism
    MESOZOA worm like
    parasite
    2. Helminths (platyhelminths & nematodes)
    Multi cell
    Macroscopic organism

    3. Arthropods
    Macroscopic organism
    Stiff cuticle made largely of chitin
    Segmented bodies (head, abdomen, etc.)

    PROTOZOA

    HELMINTHES ARTHROPODS

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    Taxonomy (Re- cap 1) 2. PARASITE TAXONOMY


    Kingdom Protista
    Subkingdom Protozoa
    Phylum Sarcomastigophora :
    Sub-phylum Sarcodina (pseudopodia)
    Sub-phylum Mastigophora (flagella)
    Phylum Apicomplexa (no locomotor organelles)
    Phylum Ciliophora (cilia)
    Phylum Microsporida (spore forming)

    Subkingdom Metazoa
    Phylum Nematoda
    Phylum Platyhelminthes (Class Trematoda & Class
    Cestoidea)
    Phylum Acanthocephala
    Phylum Arthropoda

    3. BASIC PARASITIC CLASSIFICATION 4. BASIC PARASITIC CLASSIFICATION


    (protozoa vs. mesozoa-helminths) (intestinal vs. systemic)
    PARASITES INTESTINAL SYSTEMIC
    Protozoa
    Entamoeba histolytica Toxoplasma
    Giardia Plasmodium
    Isospora
    Cryptosporidium
    Cyclospora

    Nematodes
    Strongyloides Filaria
    Ascaris Toxocara
    Trichuris
    hookworm

    Cestodes
    tapeworm hydatid cysts
    cysticercosis

    Trematodes
    Intestinal flukes Schistosoma
    Liver fluke

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