MICROPARA

• Fecal Oral Route


  Transmission via faces of an infected individual
• Trophozoite Stage


  Feeding Stage, invested thru contamination of water (passed in the faeces)
• Locomotion or movement of parasite


  To eat food (has hands and feet to eat, uses flagella to eat)
• Replication Stage


  Multiply or increase in number
• Resistant Stage


  Resistant from environment
• Cyst Stage / Infected Stage


  Can cause disease, can lead to diarrhea if ingested by patient
• Entamoeba histolytica


  • Undergoes trophozoite and cyst stage, pathogenic, enlarges in intestine and can cause disease, seen more often in tropical countries with poor sanitary conditions (from water), larger than Entamoeba coli
• Entamoeba histolytica


  • Has pseudopodia, false feet
• Entamoeba coli


  • Non-pathogenic species, cannot cause disease to patient, lives in GI tract, similar appearance to Entamoeba histolytica
• Entamoeba coli


  • Not aggressive, sluggish mobility
• Entamoeba coli


  • Contains trophozoite and cyst stage
• Endolimax nana


  • Found in animals (cows) can also be found in humans (if ingesting raw food), non-pathogenic, can cause diarrhea but is treatable, undergoes trophozoite and cyst stage
• Iodamoeba bütschlii


  • Non-pathogenic bacteria, yellowish and brownish in color, undergoes trophozoite and cyst stage
• Iodamoeba bütschlii


  • Has pseudopods, false feet
• Iodamoeba bütschlii


  • Found in intestine/mouth, can cause pathogen, can be seen in pigs and monkeys, rarely seen in humans
• Giardia lambia


  • Contains flagella (anterior and posterior), has two nuclei, four feet, resembles a badminton racket, considered the most beautiful parasite under the microscope
• Giardia lambia


  • Found in intestine