The macroparasites tend to insight a complex immune response and since the moderate to lower burdens are tolerated the infections can be persistent and last for most of your life. So the parasites reduce the competitive ability of the host, reduce their ability to rear their offspring and even though the infection is not in their young it can result in the young not being healthy or even their death. This morbidity means that the impact the parasites have on the host tend to be sub-lethal. Morbidity is a wonderful old English word that means the unhealthy symptoms of lethargy associated with a disease. One consequence is that hosts often have a moderate level of infection so that the parasites reduce condition and tend to cause morbidity rather than mortality. As such, the impact of macroparasites is a function of the number of macroparasites that are within the host - with just a few the host may be able to tolerate the infection, the more you have the sicker you feel and if you have many the likelihood is you are going to die. The microparasites replicate inside the host whereas the macroparasites have a special transmission stage outside of the host. These two groups have very different biological characteristics which means the epidemiology is different. As the name implies, micro is small and macro is larger. The second, is to make a functional division that reflects fundamental biological features and in this case we simply divide them into two broad groups known as microparasites and macroparasites respectfully. The categories are based on how related they are by common descent and not by how they appear. The first is a taxonomic classification that divides all the pathogens and parasites into taxonomic groups depending on their relationship with other organisms. There are two ways to think about the types of parasites we encounter. Tina July 27, at PM.Parasites are ubiquitous - the majority of living organisms are parasitic in one form or another - and they are the predominant mode of life on the planet - since almost all living organisms are parasitized and even parasites have parasites. Hope you guys find these checklists to be as helpful as they were to me. I have changed the format to be more printer friendly for you guys. I have also included a checklist for this. It made pathology a piece of cake in class and boards. If you are studying pathology, I highly recommend purchasing the Pathoma book and video program. See the bottom of this page for the link to a template you can use for your course! My trusty Sketchy Medical checklists for all of the microbiology and pharm videos. See the bottom of this post for the link to all of the checklists! Below is an example of our Renal and GI unit checklist with all of the lectures, dates, hours, and check boxes for our exam. Just recently saw on my school's Facebook page that my tradition of these unit checklists have lived on! Because it has been so helpful to my class, the class, and now hopefully the class, I thought I'd share with you guys all of the checklists that helped me be successful in both school and boards! I made a checklist before every unit and sent it out to my class and it was pretty helpful. One of my best friends showed me a checklist that her mentor had given her and I thought it'd be a great idea to keep track of all the lectures in one giant checklist. Multiply that by 3 weeks of material and you have yourself a very anxious student with lots of PowerPoints and lectures to keep track of. I have to admit that the first week of classes were overwhelming because I received as many lectures in one week as I did in one semester of college. Very glad I am past that and have settled in well but I know that there are a bunch of you guys out there still nervous and anxious about the real priority- studying. I remember thinking I was going to be the most awkward person with no friends and trying my best at small talk with all of my current friends. Wednesday, July 27, Congratulations to all of the incoming 1st year medical students! The 1st years just started orientation at my school and I was reminded of my first week of orientations. I love making checklists too and this saved me so much time which as you know in M2 year is incredibly valuable. Thank you so much! I just started M2 year and these are so helpful already. For me it helps knowing that I've completed a task. Yes you could review the material and check off the box when you have reviewed it. How exactly is this checklist to be used? Do I just put a check-mark in the box every time I review the material? Yes, I'm sorry for the confusion. Instagram follower here and first time on your blog.