Variant 3 - 2024

Question 1

1. Malaria caused by Plasmodium malariae is characterized by:

• high mortality
• presence of hypnozoites
• incubation period 10-18 days
• fever peaks at 72-hour intervals

Answer 1

• fever peaks at 72-hour intervals

Question 2

2. Which of the following is an opportunistic infection: bodoonshan

• hymenolepiasis
• dicrocoeliasis
• pneumocystosis
• trichinellosis

Answer 2

• pneumocystosis

Question 3

3. Giardia lamblia is:

• nematode
• cestode
• trematode
• protozoan

Answer 3

• protozoan

Question 4

4. Which parasitic disease can be acquired by ingestion of oocysts:

• cryptosporidiosis
• opisthorchiasis
• trichuriasis
• wuchereriasis

Answer 4

• cryptosporidiosis

Question 5

5. Microscopic examination of urine is useful in the diagnosis of infection with

• Naegleria fowleri
• Toxocara canis
• Toxoplasma gondii
• Schistosoma haematobium

Answer 5

• Schistosoma haematobium

Question 6

6. Albendazole is used to treat:

• trichomoniasis
• ancylostomiasis
• acanthamoebiasis
• amoebiasis

Answer 6

• ancylostomiasis

Question 7

7. Children with perianal pruritus should be tested for infection with:

• Leishmania major
• Clonorchis sinensis
• Enterobius vermicularis
• Paragonimus westermani

Answer 7

• Enterobius vermicularis