Introduction

Question 1

If a susceptible host harbors the parasite inside his body, the host is said to be _____.

Answer 1

infected

Question 2

Parasites found outside the body of the host.

Answer 2

Ectoparasites

Question 3

Host harboring ectoparasites is said to be _______.

Answer 3

infeSted

Question 4

Parasites found inside the body of the host.

Answer 4

Endoparasites

Question 5

Host harboring endoparasites is said to be _______.

Answer 5

infeCted

Question 6

This is the causative agent of amoebiasis

Answer 6

Entamoeba histolytica

Question 7

All amoeba are considered non-pathogenic, except

Answer 7

Entamoeba histolytica

Question 8

Same morphologic characteristics as Entamoeba histolytica, differentiated by means of molecular testing or PCR

Answer 8

Entamoeba dispar

Question 9

This drug is useful to treat amoebic infection.

Answer 9

metronidazole

Question 10

Useful specifically for Strongyloides and Filaria.

Answer 10

Ivermectin

Question 11

Useful for common intestinal parasites

Answer 11

Albendazole

Question 12

Useful for trematode infections

Answer 12

Praziquantel

Question 13

Mainstay drug for uncomplicated malaria infection.

Answer 13

Chloroquinone

Question 14

Which of the following is the mode of transmission of malaria?

Answer 14

Vector-borne

Question 15

The most effective approach in parasitic disease prevention

Answer 15

Education and information

Question 16

Black water fever is a complication of what parasitic infection?

Answer 16

Malaria

Question 17

An organism that lives in or on and obtains its nourishment from another organism

Answer 17

PARASITE

Question 18

The study of parasites

Answer 18

PARASITOLOGY

Question 19

Species of animal or plant that harbors a parasite providing environmental and nutritional requirements for the parasite to survive

Answer 19

HOST

Question 20

A process with characteristic symptoms

Answer 20

DISEASE

Question 21

Triad of malaria symptoms

Answer 21

fever, chills, sweating

Question 22

Parasitic invasion INSIDE the body

Answer 22

INFECTION

Question 23

Parasitic invasion ON the body

Answer 23

INFESTATION

Question 24

Living carrier (often an insect/arthropod) responsible for transporting parasites from infected to uninfected hosts

Answer 24

VECTOR

Question 25

Classification of vector where part of parasite development happens in the vector and it will transmit the infective stage of the parasite.

Answer 25

Biologic

Question 26

Classification of vector where contaminated objects with an infective stage of the parasite and the host accidentally comes into contact or ingested it.

Answer 26

Mechanical

Question 27

Parasite that cannot survive outside of a host

Answer 27

OBLIGATORY PARASITE

Question 28

Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm are examples of _____ parasite

Answer 28

Obligatory

Question 29

Parasite that is capable of existing independently of a host

Answer 29

FACULTATIVE PARASITE

Question 30

______ parasites are found in the environment

Answer 30

Free-living

Question 31

_______ parasites are found either inside/outside the body of the host.

Answer 31

Parasitic

Question 32

Host other than the normal one that is harboring a parasite

Answer 32

ACCIDENTAL OR INCIDENTAL HOST

Question 33

Host in which the adult sexual phase of parasite development occurs

Answer 33

DEFINITIVE HOST OR FINAL HOST

Question 34

Host in which the larval asexual phase of parasite development occurs

Answer 34

INTERMEDIATE HOST

Question 35

Final Host of Filaria, Taenia solium, and Taenia saginata

Answer 35

Human

Question 36

Human is the intermediate host of _____

Answer 36

Malaria

Question 37

Mosquito is the intermediate host of ______

Answer 37

Filaria

Question 38

Intermediate host of Taenia solium

Answer 38

Pig

Question 39

Intermediate host of Taenia saginata

Answer 39

Cattle

Question 40

Final host of Malaria

Answer 40

Mosquito

Question 41

Host harboring parasites that are parasitic for humans and from which humans may become infected

Answer 41

RESERVOIR HOST

Question 42

A example of reservoir host that is parasitic in humans, but may normally be found in pigs that would appear unaffected.

Answer 42

Balantidium coli

Question 43

Host responsible for transferring a parasite from one location to another

Answer 43

Transport host

Question 44

No ___ or development occurs in the host of a transport host

Answer 44

transformation

Question 45

Parasite-harboring host that is not exhibiting any clinical symptoms but can infect others

Answer 45

CARRIER OR ASYMPTOMATIC HOST

Question 46

Harbors and eliminates parasite spreading the disease, shows no signs and symptoms

Answer 46

CARRIER OR ASYMPTOMATIC HOST

Question 47

Close association of two organisms in which both are dependent upon each other that life apart is impossible

Answer 47

SYMBIOSIS

Question 48

Association of two different species of organisms that is beneficial to one and neutral to the other

Answer 48

COMMENSALISM

Question 49

Entamoeba coli in the intestinal tract is an example of what symbiosis

Answer 49

commensalism

Question 50

Association of two different species of organisms that is beneficial to both

Answer 50

mutualism

Question 51

Association of two different species that is beneficial to one at the other's expense

Answer 51

Parasitism

Question 52

Relating to commensalism; the association between two different organisms in which one benefits and has a neutral effect on the other

Answer 52

Commensal

Question 53

Parasite that has demonstrated the ability to cause disease

Answer 53

Pathogenic