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1
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Toxoplasma gondii

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  • intracranial calcifications

- cysts in meat

2
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Naegleria fowleri

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  • enters via cribiform plate

- swimming in freshwater lake (think nalgene)

3
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Malaria

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  • inside red blood cells
  • Vivax: 48hrs
  • Malariae: 72hrs
4
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Trypanosoma Cruzi

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  • Chagas disease

- cardiomyopathy, apical atrophy, megacolon

5
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Trichomonas Vaginalis

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foul smelling, greenish discharge, itching and burning

6
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biliary tract disease

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clonorchis sinensis

7
Q

brain cysts

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taenia solium

8
Q

liver hytadid cysts

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echinococcus granulosus

9
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peri-anal puritis

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enterobius

10
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portal hypertension

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schistosoma