Blood and tissue nematodes

Question 1

W. bancrofti common name

Answer 1

Brancroft’s filarial worm

Question 2

B. Malayi common name

Answer 2

Malayan filarial worm

Question 3

Loa loa common names

Answer 3

Eye worm, loa worm

Question 4

O. Volvulus common names

Answer 4

Convoluted filaria, blinding filaria

Question 5

Vector of malayi

Answer 5

Mansonia spp

Question 6

Vector of bancrofti

Answer 6

Aedes, culex, anopheles

Question 7

Vector of loa loa

Answer 7

Deerfly

Question 8

Vector of volvulus

Answer 8

Blackfly

Question 9

Diagnostic stage of filarial worms

Answer 9

Microfilaria

Question 10

Infective stage to vector/IH

Answer 10

Microfilaria

Question 11

Infective stage to man

Answer 11

Filariform larva/ L3

Question 12

IH of filarial worms

Answer 12

Mosquito

Question 13

MOT of filarial worms

Answer 13

Mosquito bite

Question 14

Lifecycle of filarial worms

Answer 14

Complex

Question 15

Upper elephantiasis

Answer 15

Bancrofti

Question 16

Scrotal enlargement

Answer 16

Bancrofti

Question 17

Lower elephantiasis

Answer 17

Malayi

Question 18

Calabar swelling

Answer 18

Loa loa

Question 19

Clin feature of volvulus

Answer 19

Subcutaneous nodules

Question 20

Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia

Answer 20

Brancrofti

Question 21

Lab Diagnosis of malayi

Answer 21

Thick blood smear

Question 22

Lab diagnosis of bancrofti

Answer 22

Thick blood smear

Question 23

DOC of filarial worms

Answer 23

DEC

Question 24

Diagnosis of loa loa

Answer 24

Worms in conjunctiva

Question 25

Diagnosis of volvulus

Answer 25

Microfilariae in skin snips

Question 26

Habitat of bancrofti

Answer 26

Lymphatics

Question 27

Habitat of malayi

Answer 27

Lymphatics

Question 28

Habitat of loa loa

Answer 28

Subcutaneous tissue

Question 29

Habitat of volvulus

Answer 29

Subcu tissue

Question 30

Irregular curves, corkscrew appearance

Answer 30

Loa loa

Question 31

The only unsheathed filarial worm

Answer 31

Volvulus

Question 32

Graceful, doesn’t extend to tip

Answer 32

Bancrofti

Question 33

Kinky, extends to tip

Answer 33

Malayi

Question 34

T/F: Loa loa’s terminal nuclei extends to tip

Answer 34

T

Question 35

Stained

Answer 35

Malayi

Question 36

Unstained

Answer 36

Bancrofti

Question 37

Bancrofti periodicity

Answer 37

Nocturnal 10pm-2am

Question 38

Malayi periodicity

Answer 38

Subperiodic 12nn -8pm

Question 39

Loa loa periodicity

Answer 39

Diurnal 12nn

Question 40

Volvulus periodicity

Answer 40

Non periodic; anytime