Parasites

Question 1

Which protozoan parasitic disease is transmitted by the triatomine bug?

Answer 1

Chagas disease - T. cruzi

Question 2

What is the causative organism for Amoebiasis?

Answer 2

E. histolytica

Question 3

What can be used to treat the protozoan infections Giardiasis and Trichomoniasis?

Answer 3

Metronidazole

Question 4

Which parasitic disease is transmitted by sand flies?

Answer 4

Leishmaniasis

Question 5

What parasite is tolerant to chlorine disinfection due to a protective outer shell?

Answer 5

Cryptosporidiosis

Question 6

Which parasitic disease is transmitted by the tsetse fly?

Answer 6

T. brucei -> african sleeping sickness

Question 7

Ascariasis, trichuriasis (whipworm), hookworm, enterobiasis (pin/threadworm) and toxocariasis (round worm) can all be treated with what?

Answer 7

Albendazole and mebendazole

Question 8

W. bancrofti causes what parasitic disease?

Answer 8

Lymphatic filariasis

Question 9

Onchocerciasis is transmitted by what?

Answer 9

Black fly

Question 10

Praziquantel can be used to treat what helminth infections?

Answer 10

Taeniasis and schistosomiasis