Finals Reviewer Flashcards
It is a form of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits from the other without benefitting or producing harm to the other
a. Parasitism
b. Mutualism
c. Commensalism
d. B and C
Which of the following parasites may be transmitted through inhalation?
a. Ancylostoma
b. Enterobius
c. Giardia
d. Strongyloides
A type of host where the asexual stage of the parasite takes place:
a. Reservoir host
b. Paratenic host
c. Intermediate host
d. Definitive host
Infection with which among the following parasites can lead to development of cancer of the liver?
a. Schistosoma japonicum
b. Plasmodium falciparum
c. Clonorchis sinensis
d. A and C
Which among the following parasites can be transmitted through sexual intercourse?
a. Trichomonas vaginalis
b. Strongyloides stercoralis
c. Enterobius vermicularis
d. Balantidum coli
Plasmodium
a. Fecal-oral transmission
b. Auto-infection
c. Bite of insect vector
d. Sexual intercourse
e. Skin penetration
f. None of the above
Ascaris lumbricoides
a. Fecal-oral transmission
b. Auto-infection
c. Bite of insect vector
d. Sexual intercourse
e. Skin penetration
f. None of the above
Trichomonas
a. Fecal-oral transmission
b. Auto-infection
c. Bite of insect vector
d. Sexual intercourse
e. Skin penetration
f. None of the above
Schistosoma
a. Fecal-oral transmission
b. Auto-infection
c. Bite of insect vector
d. Sexual intercourse
e. Skin penetration
f. None of the above
Entamoeba
a. Fecal-oral transmission
b. Auto-infection
c. Bite of insect vector
d. Sexual intercourse
e. Skin penetration
f. None of the above
Which among the following parasites produce infection that is acquired by ingestion of contaminated water?
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia lamblia
c. Leishmania donovani
d. A and B only
e. A, B, and C
Which among the following parasites is transmitted by the bite of an insect vector?
a. Plasmodium
b. Trichomonas
c. Entamoeba
d. Toxoplasma
Malignant tertian malaria is caused by which among the following?
a. P. vivax
b. P. ovale
c. P. malariae
d. P. falciparum
e. P. knowlesi
Infection with which among the following parasites is through sexual transmission?
a. Leishmania
b. Plasmodium
c. Trichomonas
d. Entamoeba
Which among the following protozoal diseases is associated with intestinal and extraintestinal involvement?
a. Amoebiasis
b. Giardiasis
c. Malaria
d. Trypanosomiasis
Visceral leishmaniasis is caused by which among the following parasites?
a. L. donovani
b. L. tropica
c. L. braziliensis
d. B and C
Dysentery and steatorrhea are associated with which of the following parasites?
a. Entamoeba
b. Giardia
c. Balantidium
d. Toxoplasma
Which of the following is the insect vector for Leishmania?
a. Anopheles mosquito
b. Aedes mosquito
c. Tsetse fly
d. Triatoma or reduviid bug
Transplacental transmission is associated with which among the following parasites?
a. Toxoplasma
b. Trichomonas
c. Entamoeba
d. Trypanosoma
East African Sleeping Sickness is caused by:
a. Trypanosoma cruzi
b. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
c. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
d. B and C
Dogs serve as the definitive host
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Has two intermediate hosts
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Autoinfection can occur
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Acquired through ingestion of raw beef
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Has no obligatory intermediate host
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Obstructive jaundice may occur
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
A tiny crustacean serves as intermediate host
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Megaloblastic anemia may develop
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Cysticercosis develops after ingestion of eggs
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
Humans serve as dead-end hosts
a. Taenia saginata
b. Taenia solium
c. Diphyllobothrium latum
d. Hymenolepis nana
e. Echinococcus granulosus
The infective stage for D. latum
The organ of attachment of cestodes
The usual intermediate host for E. granulosus
The most commonly recovered tapeworm in the U.S.
Anal itchiness occurs in infection with this cestode
The first intermediate host common to the trematodes is the:
a. Fish
b. Crab
c. Snail
d. Water plant
Which among the following is the second intermediate host of P. westermani?
a. Fish
b. Crab
c. Snail
d. Water plant
Which among the following schistosomes has predilection for the urinary bladder?
a. S. japonicum
b. S. haematobium
c. S. mansoni
d. A and C only
Which among the following is a characteristic of blood flukes?
a. Transmitted by skin penetration
b. Second intermediate host is a snail
c. Capable of self-reproduction
d. A, B, and C
e. A and C only
Choloangiocarcinoma is associated with which among the following flukes?
a. Clonorchis sinensis
b. Fasciola hepatica
c. Paragonimus westermani
d. Schistosoma japonicum
The lid-like structure seen on the eggs of F. buski and F. hepatica is called:
a. Miracidium
b. Operculum
c. Rediae
d. Shoulder
The specimen of choice for diagnosis is the sputum for which among the following?
a. F. buski
b. F. hepatica
c. P. westermani
d. S. japonicum
Katayama fever is associated with:
a. S. japonicum
b. P. westermani
c. F. hepatica
d. C. sinensis
Schistosoma japonicum is associated with development with cancer of the:
a. Bile ducts
b. Colon
c. Liver
d. Urinary bladder
The drug of choice for most trematode infection is:
a. Bithionol
b. Mebendazole
c. Praziquantel
d. Triclabendazole
Larval migration to the lungs or lung phase is seen in the life cycle of which among the following nematodes?
a. Ascaris
b. Ancylostoma
c. Necator
d. A, B, and C
e. A and B only
Infection with which among the following is acquired through skin penetration?
a. Trichuris, Strongyloides, Enterobius
b. Ancylostoma, Necator, Strongyloides
c. Ascaris, Trichinella, Capillaria
d. Enterobius, Necator, Strongyloides
Hydrocele with edema of the extremities is characteristic of which disease?
a. Ascariasis
b. Trichinellosis
c. Filariasis
d. Trichuriasis
Rectal prolapse is associated with infection with which among the following parasites?
a. Ascaris
b. Enterobius
c. Trichuris
d. Strongyloides
The infective stage is the larva for which among the following parasites?
a. Ascaris
b. Ancylostoma
c. Enterobius
d. Trichuris
Trichinella spiralis
a. Threadworm
b. Hookworm
c. Pinworm
d. Whipworm
e. Muscle worm
f. Giant intestinal roundworm
Trichuris trichiura
a. Threadworm
b. Hookworm
c. Pinworm
d. Whipworm
e. Muscle worm
f. Giant intestinal roundworm
Strongyloides stercoralis
a. Threadworm
b. Hookworm
c. Pinworm
d. Whipworm
e. Muscle worm
f. Giant intestinal roundworm
Enterobius vermicularis
a. Threadworm
b. Hookworm
c. Pinworm
d. Whipworm
e. Muscle worm
f. Giant intestinal roundworm
Necator americanus
a. Threadworm
b. Hookworm
c. Pinworm
d. Whipworm
e. Muscle worm
f. Giant intestinal roundworm
Necator americanus
a. Threadworm
b. Hookworm
c. Pinworm
d. Whipworm
e. Muscle worm
f. Giant intestinal roundworm
