Infections 8

Question 1

Name the types of endoparasites (2)

Answer 1

Protozoa

Helminths

Question 2

Name the types of ectoparasites (4)

Answer 2

Lice
Leeches
Scabies
Fleas

Question 3

What is the definition of a parasite?

Answer 3

A living organism requiring intimate prolonged contact with another living organism to meet basic nutritional needs

Question 4

How is malaria transmitted?

Answer 4

Via an insect host

Question 5

How is amoebic dysentry transmitted?

Answer 5

Faecal-oral

Question 6

How is cryptoporidiosis transmitted? (2)

Answer 6

Spread from water

Contaminated foods/sufaces

Question 7

How are helminths transmitted? (4)

Answer 7

Poorly cooked meat e.g. pork and fish
Contaminated water
Faeces
Insects

Question 8

How are pinworms or threadworms transmitted?

Answer 8

Laying of eggs on perianal skin

Question 9

How are hookworms transmitted?

Answer 9

Ingestion or penetration through skin

Question 10

How are whipworms transmitted?

Answer 10

Ingestion of eggs which hatch in the small intestine

Question 11

How are ascaricides transmitted?

Answer 11

Ingestion of eggs

Question 12

How are schistosomicides transmitted?

Answer 12

Water borne