FLAGELLATES

Question 1

Vector/Immediate host of Trypanosoma cruzi

Answer 1

Reduviid bug/ Kissing bug / Triatomid bug / Assasin bug

Question 2

Mode of Transmission of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Answer 2

Bite of an infected tsetse fly

Question 3

Infective stage of Leishmania tropica complex

Answer 3

Promastigote

Question 4

Drug of choice treatment for Leishmania tropica complex

Answer 4

Sodium stibogluconate/pentostam

Question 5

What is the disease called in Trypanosoma brucei complex

Answer 5

African Sleeping Sickness

Question 6

What is the diagnostic feature of Giardia lamblia and function?
What stage can this be also found?

Answer 6

Ventral sucking/ adhesive disc, point of attachment to the small intestine
Trophozoite

Question 7

Habitat of Giardia lamblia

Answer 7

Small intestine: duodenum, jejunum, ileum

Question 8

How is Trichomonas species differentiated?

Answer 8

Specimen source, size, undulating membrane

Question 9

Differentiate the three Trichomonas species based on their undulating membrane

Answer 9

Trichomonas vaginalis - 1/2 through the body of the parasite
Trichomonas hominis - extends all the way through the entire body of the parasite
Trichomonas tenax - 1/2 to 2/3 of the body of the parasite

Question 10

Habitat of Chilomastix mesnili

Answer 10

Cecum (large intestine)

Question 11

Habitat of Retortamonas intestinalis

Answer 11

Cecum