Organism | Reservoir | Transmission | Pathology |
Entameoba Histolytica |
Definitive Host: Human
Contaminated environment
Intermediate Host: Nil
|
Orofaecal
|
Intestinal
Amoebiasis (Diarrhea, Dysentery), Metastatic Amoebiasis, Cerebral
Amoebiasis, Pulmonary Amoebiasis, Splenic Amoebiasis
|
Plasmodium |
Definitive Host: Female Anopheles
Intermediate Host: Human
|
Mosquito bite,
Across placenta,
Blood transfusion,
I/V drugs
|
Malaria
|
Giardia Lamblia |
Duodenum of Human
|
Orofaecal
|
Giardiasis => Diarrhea + Anemia
|
Trichomonas Vaginalis |
Genital tract of humans, especially Female
|
Sexual Contact
|
Trichomoniasis => Urethral + Vaginal Discharge, Itching, Dysuria
|
Leishmania Donovani |
Definitive Host: Human Reticuloendothelial system
Intermediate Host: Female Sandfly
|
Female Sandfly bite
|
Leshmaniasis =>Cutaneneous, Visceral (Kala – azar)
|
Diphyllobothrium Latum |
Definitive Host: Humans, Bears, Dogs, Cats
Intermediate Host: Species of fishes
|
Improper cooked infected fish
|
Vit B12 Malabsorption
Megaloblastic Anemia
|
Taenia Saginata (Beef Tapeworm) |
Definitive Host: Human
Intermediate Host: Muscles of Cattles
|
Orofaecal
Infected uncooked meat
|
IBS type of symptoms
Anemia
|
Echinococcus Granulosus(Hydatid worm) |
Definitive Host: Dog, Wolf, Fox, Jackal
Intermediate Host: Humans, Cattles, Horses
|
Orofaecal Route
|
Hydatid disease: Hydatid cysts in Liver , Lungs, Brain
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