Intro- 3

Question 1

What type of route of transmission is:
Infective larvae penetrate skin Ex: hookworm

Answer 1

Skin penetration/per-cutaneous

Question 2

What type of route of transmission is:
Transmission of heart worm disease by mosquitoes?

Answer 2

Vector transmission/inoculation

Question 3

What type of route of transmission is:
Mostly ectoparasites, ex: mites, lice?

Answer 3

Direct contact

Question 4

What type of route of transmission is:
Most intestinal helminths and protozoa
Eggs/larvae shed in feces and contaminate food or water
Directly from environment or inside the secondary hosts
Ex: giardia, hookworm, liver flukes

Answer 4

Fecal-oral transmission

Question 5

What type of route of transmission is:
Tritrichomonas foetus

Answer 5

Sexual transmission

Question 6

What type of route of transmission is:
Mother to offspring
Through placenta or milk

Answer 6

Vertical transmission

Question 7

What vertical transmission is toxocara canis?

Answer 7

Through placenta

Question 8

What vertical tranmisstion is ancylostoma spp.?

Answer 8

Through milk

Question 9

What type of route of transmission is:
Blood transfusion, through contaminated surgical instruments, needles
Ex: blood protozoa, bacteria, virus

Answer 9

Latrogenic transmission

Question 10

What needs to be broken to control/manage parasites?

Answer 10

The lifecycle

Question 11

What is better than a cure when possible?

Answer 11

Prevention