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1
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Motile, feeding stage of protozoa:

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TROPHOZOITE

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Amoeba with chromatoid bodies in the cyst stage:

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ENTAMOEBA

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Amoebiasis

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ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA

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Organ of the body most often involved in extraintestinal amoebiasis:

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LIVER

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True amoeba:

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GENUS ENTAMOEBA

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Nonmotile, nonfeeding and infective stage of amoeba:

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CYST

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Mature cyst of Entamoeba polecki:

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ONE (1) NUCLEUS

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Amoeba cyst with chromatoid bodies that have two pointed ends or that can be round, triangular or oval:

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ENTAMOEBA COLI

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9
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Point of differentiation between E. histolytica and E. hartmanni:

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SIZE

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Mature cyst of E. histolytica:

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FOUR (4) NUCLEI

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Failure to find bacteria in purulent spinal fluid:

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POSSIBILITY OF INFECTION WITH AMOEBA

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Achromatic granules surrounding its karyosomal chromatin:

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IODAMOEBA BUTSCHLII

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Double-walled, wrinkled cyst form:

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ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII

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Cyst that possess a single nucleus and a large glycogen vacuole that stains deeply with iodine:

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IODAMOEBA BUTSCHLII

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Spiny, hyaline extensions of some amoeba:

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ACANTHOPODS

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Staining procedures for species of Naegleria and Acanthamoeba:

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H AND E STAIN, WRIGHT’S STAIN

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Amoeba inhabiting the CNS enter the body:

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THROUGH THE NASAL MUCOSA

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18
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Acanthamoeba and Naegleria:

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USUALLY FOUND IN CSF

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Trophozoite whose karyosomal chromatin appears as a rosette of 4 to 6 granules:

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NAEGLERIA FOWLERI

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Mistaken for cysts of amoeba:

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BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS

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Shape of the trophozoite of intestinal flagellates:

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PEAR-SHAPED

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22
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Pathognomonic for Giardia lamblia:

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VENTRAL SUCKING DISK IN THE TROPHOZOITE

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Undulating membrane:

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TRICHOMONAS AND TRYPANOSOMA

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24
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Dientamoeba fragilis and Trichomonas vaginalis:

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NEITHER HAS A CYST FORM

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25
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FLAGELLATE that can be a pathogen of the small intestine:

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GIARDIA

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26
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Pear-shaped flagellate with jerky motility that is found in the urine specimen:

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TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS

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80% of the trophozoites of Dientamoeba fragilis:

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HAVE 2 NUCLEI

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Only bilaterally symmetrical protozoan:

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GIARDIA

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29
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Intracellular form of blood and tissue flagellates:

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LEISHMANIAL

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30
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Vector of African sleeping sickness

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TSETSE FLY (GLOSSINA)

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31
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Demonstration of trypanosomes of sleeping sickness:

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BLOOD, LYMPH NODE ASPIRATE AND CSF

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Extracellular form of Trypanosoma, slender organism characterized by an undulating membrane and a free flagellum :

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FREE FLAGELLUM ARISE POSTERIORLY FROM THE KINETOPLAST

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33
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Kala-azar:

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LEISHMANIA DONOVANI

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34
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Preferred specimen to find Leishman-Donovan bodies:

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BONE MARROW

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35
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Only ciliate pathogenic to man:

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BALANTIDIUM COLI

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36
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Responsible for motility of Balantidium coli:

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CILIA

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37
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REPRODUCTIVE nucleus of Balantidium coli:

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MICRONUCLEUS

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38
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Conjugation of trophozoites of Balantidium coli:

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NEVER OCCURS BETWEEN SAME SIZE ORGANISMS

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39
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Definitive host to Plasmodium:

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FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO

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40
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Amoeboid ring trophozoites:

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PLASMODIUM VIVAX

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41
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Preferentially invades reticulocytes:

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PLASMODIUM VIVAX

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42
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Fruit pie, rosette merozoites:

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PLASMODIUM MALARIAE

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43
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Band trophozoites:

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PLASMODIUM MALARIAE

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44
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Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes:

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DIFFERENTIATED FROM OTHERS IN TERMS OF SHAPE; crescent-shaped gametocytes

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45
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Ziemann’s stipplings:

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PLASMODIUM MALARIAE

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46
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Maurer’s dots

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PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM

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47
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Double chromatin dots, applique forms, multiple parasites in infected red blood cells:

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PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM

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48
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Large, pale red cells with FIMBRIATED EDGES:

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PLASMODIUM OVALE

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49
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SEXUAL reproduction cycle in Plasmodium and Coccidia:

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SPOROGONY

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50
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Infective stage of malarial parasite to the vector:

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GAMETOCYTES

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51
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Infective stage of malarial parasite to man:

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SPOROZOITES

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52
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Synchronized rupture of RBCs every 72 hours:

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PLASMODIUM MALARIAE

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53
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Sudden massive intravascular hemolysis in falciparum malaria:

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BLACKWATER FEVER

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54
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Hemoglobin incompatible with malaria parasite:

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HEMOGLOBIN SS

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55
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Laboratory-bred reduviid bug to feed on patients suspected of having Chagas disease:

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XENODIAGNOSIS

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56
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Humans are infected with Babesia:

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BITE OF TICKS, BLOOD TRANSFUSION

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57
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Done if immature oocysts of Isospora belli are found in stool from infected humans:

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LEAVE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE

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Stage of Isospora infective to man:

59
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Isospora belli IMMATURE oocysts contain:

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SPOROBLAST

60
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INFECTIVE oocysts of Isospora belli contain:

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SPOROZOITES

61
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Retinochoroidtis and cerebral calcifications:

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TOXOPLASMA GONDII, ANTIBODY TITER

62
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Both definitive and intermediate host of Toxoplasma gondii:

63
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Appearance of Toxoplasma gondii in tissue fluids of man:

64
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Positive result in the Sabin-Feldman dye test:

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TOXOPLASMA LOSES ITS AFFINITY FOR METHYLENE BLUE DYE

65
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Test for detection of Cryptosporidium:

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SHEATHER’S SUGAR FLOTATION

66
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Schistosome eggs recovered in rectal biopsy:

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S. MANSONI AND S. JAPONICUM

67
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Scientific name of the HEADof the tapeworm:

68
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Oral and ventral cupshaped sucker in the adult stage:

A

TREMATODES

69
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First intermediate host of the flukes:

70
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Schistosomule:

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CERCARIA MINUS TAIL

71
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Beef tapeworm:

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TAENIA SAGINATA

72
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Uterine branches >15, resembling those of a tree:

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TAENIA SAGINATA

73
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Unarmed scolex:

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BEEF TAPEWORM

74
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With 7 to 12 uterine branches:

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TAENIA SOLIUM

75
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Hexacanth embryo enclosed in a radially striated shell:

A

TAENIA SPP.

76
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Tapeworm infection to be treated with great care so that man does not acquire the larval infection:

A

TAENIASIS SOLIUM

77
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Bile-stained egg and contains a hexacanth embryo that LACKS POLAR KNOBS OR FILAMENTS:

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HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA

78
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Dwarf tapeworm: HYMENOLEPIS NANA

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Rat tapeworm: H. DIMINUTA.

79
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Eggs of Echinococcus granulosus:

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FOUND IN THE FECES OF DOGS

80
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Found in the intermediate host of E. granulosus:

A

HYDATID CYST

81
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Hydatid disease:

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DUE TO LARVA OF ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS

82
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First intermediate host of Diphyllobothrium latum:

83
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Second intermediate host of Diphyllobothrium latum:

A

FRESHWATER FISH

84
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Infective stage of broad fish tapeworm to man:

A

PLEROCERCOID LARVA

85
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TAPEWORM egg with operculum and abopercular knob:

A

DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM

86
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Megaloblastic anemia:

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DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM

87
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Male roundworm:

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DORSALLY CURVED POSTERIOR

88
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Demonstration of pinworm infection:

A

CELLOPHANE TAPE PREPARATION

89
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Gravid female of pinworm deposits her embryonated eggs:

A

ON THE PERIANAL SKIN

90
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Eggs are flattened on one side and contain a motile larva:

A

ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS

91
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Bile-stained eggs with clear polar plugs:

92
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NO free-living stage:

A

ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS

93
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Trichuris trichiura infective stage to man:

A

EMBRYONATED EGG

94
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Ascaris egg lacking the mammillated coat:

A

DECORTICATED EGG

95
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Unholy three:

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HOOKWORMS, ASCARIS AND TRICHURIS

96
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First larval stage of nematodes:

A

RHABDITIFORM LARVA

97
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Heart to lung migration:

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ASCARIS, HOOKWORM, STRONGYLOIDES

98
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Eggs of hookworms:

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EMBRYO IN 2 TO 8 CELL STAGE OF CLEAVAGE, OVAL, THIN-SHELLED AND WITH A CLEAR SPACE BETWEEN SHELL AND EMBRYO

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Microcytic, hypochromic anemia:

100
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Rhabditiform larva of the HOOKWORM:

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LONG BUCCAL CAVITY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF THE BODY

101
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Mode of transmission is by skin penetration:

A

HOOKWORMS, STRONGYLOIDES

102
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Demonstrated as rhabditiform larva in the fecal specimen:

A

THREADWORM

103
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Muscle biopsy:

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TRICHINOSIS

104
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Vivaparous nematode:

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PRODUCES LIVING LARVAE

105
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Differential characteristics of microfilariae:

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PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF SHEATH

106
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Habitat of adult filarial worms:

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LYMPHATICS AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES

107
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Pathological findings in infestations of Wuchereria:

A

ELEPHANTIASIS

108
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Intermediate host of Guinea worm:

109
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Dirofilaria immitis:

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DOG HEARTWORM

110
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Dracunculus infections:

A

ULCERS THAT RELEASE LARVAE ON CONTACT WITH WATER

111
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Eye worm:

112
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Cutaneous larva migrans or creeping eruption:

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CAUSED BY FILARIFORM LARVAE OF ANIMAL HOOKWORMS

113
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Causes chronic cough, pulmonary and artery obstruction but no invasion of the heart in man:

A

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS

114
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Caused by ingestion of snails by man:

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RAT LUNGWORM/A. CANTONENSIS

115
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Cercarial dermatitis or swimmer’s itch :

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CAUSED BY CERCARIA OF SCHISTOSOMES

116
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BODY of a tapeworm:

117
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Gravid segments of tapeworms:

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FILLED WITH EGGS

118
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Six-hooked embryo:

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HEXACANTH EMBRYO

119
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TROPHOZOITES in iodine wet stool preparation:

A

TROPHOZOITES ARE DESTROYED BY IODINE

120
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CYTOPLASM of protozoan CYST in iodine wet stool preparation:

A

YELLOW-BROWN

121
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CHROMATOID BODIES of protozoan cysts in iodine wet stool preparation:

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DO NOT STAIN

122
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CHROMATOID BODIES in TRICHROME stain:

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BRIGHT TO RED

123
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Preservative in trichrome staining:

A

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL

124
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Ideal temperature at which to hold a fecal specimen for more than 1 hour:

A

REFRIGERATOR TEMPERATURE

125
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Specific gravity of the zinc sulfate solution for the flotation method:

126
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Blood specimen is preferred for preparing blood smears for protozoa:

A

FINGER PUNCTURE

127
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Venipuncture is not recommended for: MALARIA, BABESIA, HEMOFLAGELLATES (REQUIRES FINGER-PRICK BLOOD)

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MALARIA, BABESIA, HEMOFLAGELLATES (REQUIRES FINGER-PRICK BLOOD)

128
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Detection of stippling, blood film from venipunture:

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PREPARED 30 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR AFTER BEING DRAWN

129
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Spatulate, 3 × 1 mm; no rostellum or hooklets; has 2 shallow grooves (bothria)

130
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Quadrate, 1-2 mm in diameter; no rostellum or hooklets; 4 suckers

A

T.saginata

131
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Quadrate, 1-mm diameter; has rostellum and hooklets; 4 suckers

132
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0.2-0.5 mm in diameter; has conical/retractile rostellum armed with 4-7 rows of small hooklets; 4 suckers

133
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Knoblike but not usually seen; has rostellum and hooklets; 4 suckers

134
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Knoblike but not usually seen; has rostellum but no hooklets; 4 suckers

A

H.diminuta

135
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Beta-hemolytic streptococci - distinctive buttery odor

A

Proteus - “chocolate cake” or “burnt chocolate” smell

136
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P. aeruginosa - fruity or grape-like smell, corn tortilla-like odor

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Burkholderia cepacia complex – dirt-like odor

137
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Alcaligenes faecalis - fruity odor res. apples or strawberries

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Chromobacterium violaceum - smell of ammonium cyanide (almond-like)

138
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Eikenella corrodens - chlorine bleach odor

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Pasteurella multocida - musty or mushroom odor

139
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Haemophilus influenzae - mouse nest odor

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Neisseria animaloris - odor resembles popcorn

140
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Clostridium difficile - horse stable odor

A

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia - ammonia smell

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