Discipline: Parasitology
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D) Public Health Parasitology (MCQ’s)
Answer
Key
C. doctor
D. larva
686)
_____________animals act as reservoirs for most of the Trichostrongylus species.
B
A. omnivorous
B. Herbivorous
C. carnivoros
D. None of these
687)
Trichocephaliasis is known as __________
C
A. threadworm infection
B. pinworm infection
C. Whipworm disease
D. hookworm
688)
Rarely, T. vulpis is responsible for causing ____________in man.
A
A. visceral larva migrans
B. cutaneous larva migrans
C. ocular larva migrans
D. All of these
689)
A primary host that harbors the pathogen but shows no ill effects and serves as a source of infection
A
A. Reservoir host
B. Definitive host
C. Paratenic host
D. None of these
690)
Clinical symptoms of Toxocariasis in man can be discussed under____________different forms
C
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
691)
____________can act as reservoir hosts for human hookworm infections
B
A. cats
B. Dogs
C. fox
D. chicken
692)
Zoonotic filariasis is a vector borne disease and blood sucking insects act as ________vectors for transmission of the disease
A
A. biological
B. mechanical
C. genitical
D. clonal
693)
Dirofilaria immitis, also known as_____
B
A. Cat heartworm
B. Dog heartworm
C. Human heartworm
D. None of these
694)
Tick infestations could lead to_______
D
A. paralyses
B. allergic reactions
C. toxicities
D. All of these
695)
Are any attributes, characteristics or exposure of an individual that increases the likelihood of developing a disease or injury
is called __________
A
A. Risk factors
B. accident
C. incident
D. None of these
696)
The level of a pathogen in a population, as measured in blood serum is called ____
A
A. Seroprevalence
B. prevalence
C. mesoprevalence
D. All of these
697)
All are major neglected parasitic infections except
B
A. toxocariasis
B. trypanosomiasis
C. trichomoniasis
D. toxoplasmosis
698)
All are soil-born except
C
A. Ascaris lumbricoides
B. Trichuris trichiura
C. Toxocara canis
D. Anclostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
699)
The diseases which normally present in humans but could be transmitted to animals is called_______
C
A. Anthropozoonoses
B. Amphixenosis
C. Zooanthroponoses
D. None of these
