Assignment: Protozoa and animal parasites
1. Describe the basic structures of protozoa these same structures be seen in bacteria using a light microscope?
2. Are any parasitic diseases directly communicable 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 feces of 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?