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Drug of choice in Entamoeba histolytica infections

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Metronidazole

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Mode of transmission of Entamoeba histolytica

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Orofecal

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Infective stage of Entamoeba histolytica

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Cyst

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Most common disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica

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Amebic colitis

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Drug of choice in eliminating Entamoeba histolytica cysts

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Diloxanide furoate

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Most common extraintestinal form of Entamoeba histolytica infection

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Amebic liver abscess

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Anchovy-paste like aspirate is seen in

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Amebic liver abscess

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Causes backpacker’s diarrhea

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Giardia lamblia

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Drug of choice for giardiasis

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Metronidazole

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Drug of choice for trichomoniasis

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Metronidazole

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Cervical manifestation in trichomoniasis

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Strawberry cervix

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Mode of transmission of trichomoniasis

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Sexual

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Definitive host of Plasmodium spp.

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Anopheles flavirostris minimus

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Specific Plasmodium species: Malignant tertian fever

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P. falciparum

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Specific Plasmodium species: Benign tertian fever

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P. ovale

P. vivax

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Length of asexual cycle in P. malariae malaria

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72 hours

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Specific Plasmodium species: Banana-shaped gametocytes

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Plasmodium falciparum

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Cause of cerebral malaria

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Plasmodium falciparum

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Balantidium spp. are protozoans that use ___ as their motility part

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Cilia

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Protozoans that use pseudopods to move belong to this group:

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Sarcodina

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What is the incubation period of malaria?

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1 week to 1 month

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What are the second intermediate hosts (2) of Echinostoma ilocanum?

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Pila luzonica ("kuhol")
Vivipara angularis ("susong pampang")
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Vector of Leishmania spp.

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Phlebotomus spp. (sandfly)

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Drug of choice for Cryptosporidium parvum

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Nitazoxanide

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Drug of choice for trichomoniasis
Metronidazole
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Drug of choice for hemolytic stage of Trypanosoma brucei rhodisiense infection
Suramin
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Drug of choice for CNS stage of Trypanosoma brucei rhodisiense infection
Melarsoprol
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Drug of choice for hemolytic stage of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense infection
Pentamidine
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Drug of choice for late CNS stage of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense infection
Eflornithine
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Drug of choice for leishmaniasis
Stibogluconate
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Drug of choice for radical cure of P. vivax and P. ovale malaria
Primaquine
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Drug of choice for falciparum malaria
Artemether lumefantrine
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Drug of choice for toxoplasmosis
Sulfadiazine pyremethamine
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Most common extraintestinal amebic infection
Amebic liver abscess
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Drug of choice for asymptomatic cyst carriers of amoeba
Diloxanide furoate
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Unilateral swelling of the eyelids in Chagas disease
Romaña's sign
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Most common serious complication of Chagas disease
Interstitial myocarditis
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Infective stage of Plasmodium spp. transmitted from a bite of an anopheles mosquito
Sporozoites
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Merozoites are released every 72 hours from lysed RBCs in this particular Plasmodium species
P. malariae
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Coarse stippling found in blood smears in patients with falciparum malaria
Maurer clefts or dots
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Plasmodium species involved when only ring forms and gametocytes are found in the peripheral blood smear
P. falciparum
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Plasmodium species that primarily invades older RBCs
P. malariae
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Form or variant of malaria with predominant gastrointestinal manifestations like vomiting and bloody diarrhea
Algid malaria
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Species implicated in cerebral malaria
P. falciparum
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Plasmodium species associated with nephrotic syndrome in children
P. malariae
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Severe falciparum malaria with RBC hemolysis causing acute tubular necrosis and dark bloody urine
Black water fever
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Helminth that can multiply asexually in humans
Echinococcus granulosus
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The only intracellular helminth causing infection in humans
Trichinella spiralis
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Parasite implicated in nocturnal perianal pruritus
Enterobius vermincularis
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Diagnostic test for Enterobius infection
Graham's scotch tape test
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Drug of choice for pinworm infection
Pyrantel pamoate
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Also known as pinworm
Enterobius vermicularis
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Drug of choice for trichuriasis or whipworm infection
Mebendazole
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Drug of choice for ascariasis
Albendazole
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Drug of choice for hookworm infection
Albendazole
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Drug of choice for threadworm or stongyloidiasis
Ivermectin > Albendazole
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Drug of choice for Trichinella sp. infection
Albendazole
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Drug of choice for cestode infections
Praziquantel
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Drug of choice for filariasis
Diethylcarbamazine
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Drug of choice for Onchocerca sp. infection
Ivermectin
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Drug of choice for Fasciola hepatic infections
Triclabendazole
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Infective stage of Taenia solium causing neurocystecercosis
Eggs
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Syndrome of cough, eosinophilia, and pulmonary infiltrates caused by larval migration
Loeffler's syndrome
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Parasite capable of hyperinfection, reinfection, and autoinfection where females are pathenogenic
Strongyloides stercoralis
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Cestode infection associated with cobalamin deficiency
Diphyllobotrium latum
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Infective stage of D. latum to humans
Plerocercoids
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The second intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica
Watercress
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Prodrome of headache, fever, chills, diarrhea, and eosinophilia after schistosoma infection
Katayama fever
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Schistosoma egg with a lateral spine
Schistosoma mansoni
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Rash shortly after schistosoma cercariae peentrate into the skin
Swimmer's itch
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Final host of Echinococcus granulosus
Dogs
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Protozoan notorious for causing sexually transmitted infections associated with yellowish copious foul smelling discharge
Trichomonas vaginalis
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Schistosoma species (2) that live in mesenteric veins
S. japonicum and S. mansoni
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Parasite with golden barrel shaped eggs with bipolar plugs
Trichuria trichuria
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Congenital protozoal infection causing intrauterine growth restriction
Toxoplasmosis
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Second intermediate host of the oriental lung fluke
Crabs
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The string test can be used to diagnose these two parasitic infections
Giardia lamblia | Strongyloides stercoralis
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Circumoval precipitin test is used to diagnose infection with:
Schistosoma spp.

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