Assignment 2: Dropbox Assignment
Review Sheets
Based on your knowledge from the lab manual readings from this week, create a 2- to 3-page document in Microsoft Word for providing answers to questions in the following review sheets:
Support your responses with examples.
Cite any sources in APA format.
Review sheet below:
Week 4 – Review Sheet
Exercise 6: Protozoa and animal parasites
1. Describe the basic structures of protozoa.Can these same structures be seen in bacteria
using a light microscope?
2. Are any parasitic diseases directlycommunicable 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 fecesof 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?
