Lecture three

Vector
• Def: any arthropod or other living carrier which transport a
pathogenic microorganism from an infected to non-infected host
• TYPES
 Biological vector: complete the lifecycle a parasite
• Anopheles, sand fly
 Mechanical vector: passive carrier of parasite non-essential in
lifecycle
• House fly
Classification of protozoa
• Four types based on their  locomotory orans
1. Sacromastigophora
2. Flagellates
3. Ciliphora
4. Sporozoa
1. Sacromastigophora
• Sacrodina
• Amoeboid movement or pseudopodia
• Intestinal amoeba
• Free living amoeba
• Mastigophore: whip like structure
2. Flagellates
• Medical classified into two based on habitat
• Luminal dwelling flagellates
• Hemoflagellates
Cont…
3. Ciliphora
• Hair like structure
4. Sporozoa