Intestinal And Urogenital Protozoa

Question 1

What are the Flagellates protozoa?

Answer 1

Giardia lambia
Trichomonas vaginalis

Question 2

How does Entamoeba Histolytica transmitted?

Answer 2

Contaminated food and water with cysts
Sexually

Question 3

What does Entamoeba Histolytica causes?

Answer 3

Amoebic dsyentry
Primary lesions are ulcers on wall of colon

Question 4

What are the symptoms of Entamoeba Histolytica?

Answer 4

Mild: asymptomatic
Moderate: diarrhea
Acute: dysentery, low grade fever

Question 5

Which protozoa cysts can live up to 30 days outside the body

Answer 5

Entamoeba Histolytica

Question 6

How does giardia lamblia transmitted?

Answer 6

Fecal-oral transmission
Person to person in homosexuals

Question 7

What Giardia Lamblia causes?

Answer 7

Severe acute diarrhea stool with excess mucus

Question 8

Where does Giardia Lamblia live inside of the body?

Answer 8

Duodenum and upper jejenum

Question 9

Which protozoa doesn’t have a cyst form?

Answer 9

Trichomonas vaginalis

Question 10

What is the host of the Trichomonas vaginalis?

Answer 10

D.host: human

Question 11

Trichomonas vaginalis symptoms

Answer 11

Symptoms more in female but both sexes are equally susceptiable
Strawberry Cervix

Question 12

Which stage of Trichomonas vaginalis is transmitted among humans

Answer 12

Trophozoite

Question 13

Transmission of Balantidum Coli

Answer 13

Faecal-oral
Person to person
Contaminated food or water

Question 14

What is the only ciliated protozoan parasite of humans

Answer 14

Balantidum coli

Question 15

What is the largest protozoan

Answer 15

Balantidum coli

Question 16

What are the symptoms of Balantidum Coli

Answer 16

Abdominal pain
Tenderness
Tenesmus
Nausea
Anorexia

Question 17

Which protozoan causes colitis with ulceration

Answer 17

Balantidum coli

Question 18

Which protozoan causes watery diarrhea

Answer 18

Cystoisopora Belli
Cryptosporidium partum

Question 19

Which protozoan doesn’t have any animal reservoirs

Answer 19

Cyclospora Cayetanesis

Question 20

What are the features of microspardia

Answer 20

Lack mito
Small rRNA
Oppurtunistic pathogens
Protracted and Debiliatiting diarrhea and dissemination infection in eyes,muscles and lungs

Question 21

How is the transmission of Cyclospora cayetanensis

Answer 21

In order to be transmitted sporulation has to occur and after that the sporulated o cyst can contaminate fresh produce and water which can be ingested

Question 22

Which protozoan oocyst is not infective when freshly passed in stools

Answer 22

Cyclospora cayetanensis