Study Set Content:
Filariasis
wuchereria bancrofti
Human develop malaria after the ingestion of plasmodium falciparum _____ into the bloodstream by an infected male, anopheles mosquito when he takes a blood meal. What life cycle or stage of plasmodium falciparum?
SPOROZOITES (transmission of malaria)
This plasmodium like cycle stage must be ingested by a female anopheles mosquito to continue
Male and female gametocytes
Disease from drinking well water at the farm
Balanctidiasis
All protozoan pathogens have a face, which of these that the protozoan has a face.
Trophozoites (most)
The person can acquire toxoplasmosis from what?
all of the above.
All adult nematodes of round worms produced what?
Fertilized eggs
Causative agent of Filariasis?
Wuchereria Bancrofti
Which these is the most accurate or true for entamoeba histolytica?
cause flask-shaped ulceration in the mucosa
Swelling of limbs typical of elephantiasis is due to?
lymphatic circulation being blocked by the filarial worm
which of the ff. protozoal diseases is NOT transmitted via an anthrode vector?
Giardiasis
Which of the following protozoal diseases is most likely transmitted via bloodtransfusion?
Trichomoniasis
Which of the following protozoal diseases is most likely transmitted via an infected food handler who hasn’t washed his hands after using the bathroom?
Toxoplasmosis
Which of the ff. association is incorrect?
Chagas disease- mosquito
Which of the following is an example of disease that is caused by free living parasite?
PAM
. Drug of choice to treat scabies infectio
Permethrin
Regarding giardia lamblia, which is the most accurate?
Infection of giardia lamblia occurs principally in small intestine and it results in the malabsoprtion which causes frotting, swelling, etc.
Regarding plasmodium species which of the following is the most accurate?
This organism is transmitted by the female anopheles mosquito
Regarding babesia microti, which is the most accurate?
Doxyclycine is the drug of choice for b. microti
Entamoeba histolytica primarily invades the?
Intestine
