BLOOD FLUKES

Question 1

oriental blood fluke

Answer 1

S. japonicum

Question 2

habitat of S. japonicum

Answer 2

mesenteric veins of the intestine

Question 3

intermediate host of S. japonicum

Answer 3

Oncomelania quadrasi

Question 4

mansoni’s blood flukes

Answer 4

S. mansoni

Question 5

habitat of S. mansoni

Answer 5

mesenteric veins of the rectum

Question 6

intermediate host of S. mansoni

Answer 6

Biomphalaria, Tropicorbis spp. Planocorbis

Question 7

Vessical Blood fluke

Answer 7

S. haematobium

Question 8

habitat of S. haematobium

Answer 8

Venous plexus of the urinary bladder

Question 9

IH of S. haematobium

Answer 9

Bulinus, Physopsi spp

Question 10

swimmer’s itch (skin penetration)

Answer 10

Cercarial dermatitis

Question 11

allergic reaction at the initiation of eggs

Answer 11

katayama fever

Question 12

intestinal disease and hepatic involvement (hepatomegaly) of blood flukes

Answer 12

S. japonicum and S. mansoni

Question 13

urogenital disease, obstructive uropathies, bladder carcinoma

Answer 13

S. haematobium

Question 14

eggs resemble S. japonicum but are smaller and infections are geographically localized

Answer 14

S. mekongi

Question 15

eggs resemble S. haematobium with a terminal spine and acid fast but of larger size and are found in stool

Answer 15

S. intercalatum