Module 2 (CLINICAL PARASITOLOGY)

Question 1

EPIDEMIOLOGY; TYPES OF DISEASE SPREAD

Answer 1

ENDEMIC
EPIDEMIC
PANDEMIC
SPORADIC

Question 2

FACTORS THAT INTENSIFY PARASITIC INFECTION

Answer 2

TOPOGRAPHY

HYGIENE AND SANITATION

SOCIAL CONDITIONS

AGE

CULTURE AND CUSTOMS

RACE

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

MIGRATION OF POPULATION

Question 3

WAYS IN WHICH DAMAGE MAY BE PRODUCED

Answer 3

TRAUMA OR PHYSICAL INJURY

LYTIC NECROSIS

STIMULATION OF HOST-TISSUE REACTION

TOXIC AND ALLERGIC REACTIONS

OPENING OF PATHWAYS OF ENTRY

Question 4

IMPORTANT PARASITESfrequency of infection (MOST COMMON)

Answer 4

Giardia
Trichomonas
Ascaris
Trichuris
Enterobius
Trichinella

Question 5

IMPORTANT PARASITESfrequency of infection (LESS COMMON)

Answer 5

Entamoeba
Plasmodium
Toxoplasma
Hookworm
Schistosoma
Toxocara
Taenia

Question 6

IMPORTANT PARASITESfrequency of infection (RARE)

Answer 6

Trypanosomes
Leishmania
Strongyloides
Fasciola
Clonorchis
Diphyllobothrium
Echinococcus
Filarial worms

Question 7

IMPORTANT PARASITES geographical origin

Answer 7

Africa
Asia
Central Europe
Middle East

Question 8

IMPORTANT PARASITEStransmission by bites

Answer 8

Arthropods