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This 251-card flashcard set covers fungi and parasites for medical and healthcare education. Cards include pathogenic species (Candida albicans, Plasmodium falciparum, Taenia solium), organized by infectious stage, diagnostic approaches, clinical presentation, treatment options, and epidemiology. Use for exam preparation, clinical reference, or systematic review of parasitic and fungal diseases.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Health & Nutrition
Grade Level:
College
Updated May 2026

Terms in This Set

  • Candida albicans
  • Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Aspergillus fumigatus
  • Histoplasma capsulatum
  • Blastomyces dermatitidis
  • Coccidioides immitis
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii
  • Dermatophytes (Trichophyton, Epidermophyton, Microsporum)
  • Sporothrix schenckii
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Giardia lamblia
  • Cryptosporidium parvum
  • Toxoplasma gondii
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Babesia microti
  • Trypanosoma cruzi
  • Trypanosoma brucei
  • Leishmania donovani
  • Trichomonas vaginalis
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Giardia lamblia
  • Taenia solium
  • Leishmania donovani
  • Schistosoma mansoni
  • Albendazole
  • Ivermectin
  • Praziquantel
  • Artesunate
  • Metronidazole (Treats)
  • Metronidazole (MOA)
  • Nitazoxanide (Treats)
  • Nitazoxanide (MOA)
  • Chloroquine (Treats)
  • Chloroquine (MOA)
  • Artemisinins (Treats)
  • Artemisinins (MOA)
  • Pyrimethamine + Sulfa (Treats)
  • Pyrimethamine + Sulfa (MOA)
  • Albendazole / Mebendazole (Treats)
  • Albendazole / Mebendazole (MOA)
  • Ivermectin (Treats)
  • Ivermectin (MOA)
  • Praziquantel (Treats)
  • Praziquantel (MOA)
  • Cutaneous leishmaniasis
  • Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
  • Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar)
  • Nematodes (Roundworms) (Body shape)
  • Nematodes (Roundworms) (Digestive tract)
  • Nematodes (Roundworms) (Reproduction)
  • Nematodes (Roundworms) (Intermediate hosts)
  • Nematodes (Roundworms) (Diseases)
  • Nematodes (Roundworms) (Diagnosis)
  • Nematodes (Roundworms) (Treatment)
  • Cestodes (Tapeworms) (Body shape)
  • Cestodes (Tapeworms) (Digestive tract)
  • Cestodes (Tapeworms) (Reproduction)
  • Cestodes (Tapeworms) (Intermediate hosts)
  • Cestodes (Tapeworms) (Diseases)
  • Cestodes (Tapeworms) (Diagnosis)
  • Cestodes (Tapeworms) (Treatment)
  • Trematodes (Flukes) (body shape)
  • Trematodes (Flukes) (digestive tract)
  • Trematodes (Flukes) (reproduction)
  • Trematodes (Flukes) (intermediate hosts)
  • Trematodes (Flukes) (disease)
  • Trematodes (Flukes) (diagnosis)
  • Trematodes (Flukes) (Treatment)
  • Giardia
  • Dracunculus
  • Plasmodium
  • Echinococcus
  • Brugia
  • Entamoeba
  • Babesia
  • Trichinella
  • Ascaris
  • Fasciola
  • Taenia
  • Schistosoma
  • Mutualism
  • Commensalism
  • Parasitism
  • Unicellular
  • Multicellular
  • Obligate Parasite
  • Facultative (Free-living)
  • Antigenic Variation
  • Definitive Host
  • Intermediate Host
  • Reservoir Host
  • Paratenic Host
  • Dead-end Host
  • Adaptive (Th2)
  • Survival Strategy
  • Escape Strategy
  • Intestinal Protozoa Entamoeba histolytica,(Infectious Stage)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Entamoeba histolytica,(Diagnostic Stage)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Entamoeba histolytica, (Disease & Key Clinical Features)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Entamoeba histolytica, (Primary Treatment)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Entamoeba histolytica, (Epidemiology)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Giardia duodenalis, (Infectious Stage)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Giardia duodenalis, (Diagnostic Stage)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Giardia duodenalis, (Disease & Key clinical features)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Giardia duodenalis, (Primary Treatment)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Giardia duodenalis, (Epidemiology)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Trichomonas vaginalis, (Infectious Stage)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Trichomonas vaginalis, (Diagnostic Stage)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Trichomonas vaginalis, (Disease & Clinical features)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Trichomonas vaginalis, (Primary Treatment)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Trichomonas vaginalis, (Epidemiology)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Cryptosporidium (C. hominis, C. parvum), (Infectious Stage)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Cryptosporidium (C. hominis, C. parvum), (Diagnostic Stage)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Cryptosporidium (C. hominis, C. parvum), (Disease & Clinical features)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Cryptosporidium (C. hominis, C. parvum), (Primary Treatment)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Cryptosporidium (C. hominis, C. parvum), (Epidemiology)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Cyclospora cayetanensis, (Infectious Stage)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Cyclospora cayetanensis, (Diagnostic Stage)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Cyclospora cayetanensis, (Disease & Clinical features)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Cyclospora cayetanensis, (Primary Treatment)
  • Intestinal Protozoa Cyclospora cayetanensis, (Epidemiology)
  • Tissue Protozoa Plasmodium spp. (Malaria), (Infectious Stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Plasmodium spp. (Malaria), (Diagnostic Stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Plasmodium spp. (Malaria), (Disease & Key Clinical Features)
  • Tissue Protozoa Plasmodium spp. (Malaria), (Primary Treatment)
  • Tissue Protozoa Plasmodium spp. (Malaria), (Epidemiology)
  • Tissue Protozoa Babesia spp. (B. microti, B. duncani), (Infectious Stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Babesia spp. (B. microti, B. duncani), (Diagnostic Stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Babesia spp. (B. microti, B. duncani), (Disease & Key clinical features)
  • Tissue Protozoa Babesia spp. (B. microti, B. duncani), (Primary treatment)
  • Tissue Protozoa Babesia spp. (B. microti, B. duncani), (Epidemiology)
  • Tissue Protozoa Toxoplasma gondii, (Infectious stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Toxoplasma gondii, (Diagnostic stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Toxoplasma gondii, (Disease & Key clinical features)
  • Tissue Protozoa Toxoplasma gondii, (Primary Treatment)
  • Tissue Protozoa Toxoplasma gondii, (Epidemiology)
  • Tissue Protozoa Leishmania spp., (Infectious stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Leishmania spp., (Diagnostic stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Leishmania spp., (Disease & Key clinical features)
  • Tissue Protozoa Leishmania spp., (Primary treatment)
  • Tissue Protozoa Leishmania spp., (Epidemiology)
  • Tissue Protozoa Trypanosoma brucei (African), (Infectious Stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Trypanosoma brucei (African), (Diagnostic Stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Trypanosoma brucei (African), (Disease & Key clinical features)
  • Tissue Protozoa Trypanosoma brucei (African), (Primary treatment)
  • Tissue Protozoa Trypanosoma brucei (African), (Epidemiology)
  • Tissue Protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi (American), (Infectious stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi (American), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi (American), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Tissue Protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi (American), (Primary Treatment)
  • Tissue Protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi (American), (Epidemiology)
  • Tissue Protozoa Naegleria fowleri, (Infectious stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Naegleria fowleri, (Diagnostic stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Naegleria fowleri, (Disease & Key clinical features)
  • Tissue Protozoa Naegleria fowleri, (Primary treatments)
  • Tissue Protozoa Naegleria fowleri, (Epidemiology)
  • Tissue Protozoa Acanthamoeba spp., (Infectious stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Acanthamoeba spp., (Diagnostic stage)
  • Tissue Protozoa Acanthamoeba spp., (Disease & Key clinical features)
  • Tissue Protozoa Acanthamoeba spp., (Primary treatment)
  • Tissue Protozoa Acanthamoeba spp., (Epidemiology)
  • Plasmodium (Malaria) Species, P. falciparum
  • Plasmodium (Malaria) Species, P. vivax
  • Plasmodium (Malaria) Species, P. ovale
  • Plasmodium (Malaria) Species, P. malariae
  • Plasmodium (Malaria) Species, P. knowlesi
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm), (Disease & Key clinical features)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm), (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Ascaris lumbricoides (Large roundworm), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Ascaris lumbricoides (Large roundworm), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Ascaris lumbricoides (Large roundworm), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Ascaris lumbricoides (Large roundworm), (Primary Treatment)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Ascaris lumbricoides (Large roundworm), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm), (Disease & Key clinical features)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm), (Primary Treatment)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; N. americanus / A. duodenale (Hookworms), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; N. americanus / A. duodenale (Hookworms), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; N. americanus / A. duodenale (Hookworms), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; N. americanus / A. duodenale (Hookworms), (primary treatment)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; N. americanus / A. duodenale (Hookworms), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Strongyloides stercoralis (Threadworm), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Strongyloides stercoralis (Threadworm), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Strongyloides stercoralis (Threadworm), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Strongyloides stercoralis (Threadworm), (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; INTESTINAL NEMATODES; Strongyloides stercoralis (Threadworm), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Trichinella spiralis, (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Trichinella spiralis, (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Trichinella spiralis, (Disease & Key clinical features)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Trichinella spiralis, (primary treatment)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Trichinella spiralis, (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm), (primary treatments)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; W. bancrofti / B. malayi (Filariae), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; W. bancrofti / B. malayi (Filariae), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; W. bancrofti / B. malayi (Filariae), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; W. bancrofti / B. malayi (Filariae), (primary treatment)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; W. bancrofti / B. malayi (Filariae), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Loa loa (Eye worm), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Loa loa (Eye worm), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Loa loa (Eye worm), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Loa loa (Eye worm), (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Loa loa (Eye worm), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Onchocerca volvulus, (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Onchocerca volvulus, (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Onchocerca volvulus, (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Onchocerca volvulus, (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; TISSUE NEMATODES; Onchocerca volvulus, (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Schistosoma spp. (Blood flukes), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Schistosoma spp. (Blood flukes), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Schistosoma spp. (Blood flukes), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Schistosoma spp. (Blood flukes), (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Schistosoma spp. (Blood flukes), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Fasciola hepatica (Liver fluke), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Fasciola hepatica (Liver fluke), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Fasciola hepatica (Liver fluke), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Fasciola hepatica (Liver fluke), (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Fasciola hepatica (Liver fluke), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese liver fluke), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese liver fluke), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese liver fluke), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese liver fluke), (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese liver fluke), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Paragonimus westermani (Lung fluke), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Paragonimus westermani (Lung fluke), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Paragonimus westermani (Lung fluke), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Paragonimus westermani (Lung fluke), (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; TREMATODES (FLUKES); Paragonimus westermani (Lung fluke), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Taenia solium (Pork tapeworm), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Taenia solium (Pork tapeworm), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Taenia solium (Pork tapeworm), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Taenia solium (Pork tapeworm), (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Taenia solium (Pork tapeworm), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Taenia saginata (Beef tapeworm), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Taenia saginata (Beef tapeworm), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Taenia saginata (Beef tapeworm), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Taenia saginata (Beef tapeworm), (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Taenia saginata (Beef tapeworm), (Epidemiology)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Echinococcus spp. (granulosus, multilocularis), (Infectious stage)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Echinococcus spp. (granulosus, multilocularis), (Diagnostic stage)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Echinococcus spp. (granulosus, multilocularis), (Disease & key clinical features)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Echinococcus spp. (granulosus, multilocularis), (Primary treatment)
  • Helminths; CESTODES (TAPEWORMS); Echinococcus spp. (granulosus, multilocularis), (Epidemiology)

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