Introduction

Question 1

Type of parasite completely dependent on the host?

Answer 1

OBLIGATE PARASITE

Question 2

Type of parasite capable of living even without a host?

Answer 2

FACULTATIVE/OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITE

Question 3

Type of parasite that colonize and invade the brain & other sites?

Answer 3

AMPHIZOIC PARASITE

Question 4

Type of parasite that establishes itself in a host which is does not ordinarily live?

Answer 4

INCIDENTAL/ACCIDENTAL PARASITE?

Question 5

Type of parasite that remains in the host until maturity or for its the entire life?

Answer 5

PERMANENT PARASITE

Question 6

Type of parasite that passes through the GIT without manifesting s/sx?

Answer 6

SPURIOUS/CAPROZOIC PARASITE

Question 7

Type of parasite that invades the blood?

Answer 7

HERMATOZOIC PARASITE

Question 8

Type of parasite that having male & female reproductive organs in separate individuals?

Answer 8

DIOECIOUS PARASITE

Question 9

Type of parasite that having male & female reproductive organs in a single individual?

Answer 9

MONOECIOUS/HERMAPHRODITIC PARASITE

Question 10

Parasite that lives outside the body of the host?

Answer 10

ECTOPARASITE

Question 11

Parasite that lives inside the body of the host?

Answer 11

ENDOPARASITE

Question 12

Parasites that are found in its unusual habitat?

Answer 12

ERRATIC PARASITES

Question 13

Type of host in which the parasite undergoes reproduction to complete it’s cycle and reaches maturity?

Answer 13

DEFINITIVE/FINAL HOST

Question 14

Type of host that harbors asexual or larval stage of development but does not reach sexual maturity?

Answer 14

INTERMEDIATE HOST

Question 15

Type of host that harbors the parasite and is actively transmitted to the next host?

Answer 15

RESERVOIR HOST

Question 16

They are animate or inanimate objects that carries the infective stage of the parasite?

Answer 16

VECTORS

Question 17

Type of vector that transmits a parasite without being a host, parasite stays in the host but does not undergo development?

Answer 17

MECHANICAL/PHORETIC VECTOR

Question 18

Type of vector that transmits the parasite only after the parasite completes it’s development within the host

Answer 18

BIOLOGICAL VECTOR

Question 19

Type of HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP in which either can not exist independently.

Answer 19

SYMBIOSIS

Question 20

Type of HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP in which one benefits from the other without causing harm.

Answer 20

COMMENSALISM

Question 21

Type of HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP in which both are benefited yet can exist independently.

Answer 21

MUTUALISM

Question 22

Type of HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIP in which one is entirely dependent on the other that causes harm.

Answer 22

PARASITISM

Question 23

Invasion of the infective agent in the host.

Answer 23

INFECTION

Question 24

It is the development and reproduction of parasite on the surface body of the host?

Answer 24

INFESTATION

Question 25

It harbors a particular pathogen without manifesting any s/sx.

Answer 25

CARRIER

Question 26

Infection acquired by an individual resulting from their own direct source of re-exposure?

Answer 26

AUTOINFECTION

Question 27

Individual is infected after being cured and gets reinfected by the same parasite.

Answer 27

REINFECTION

Question 28

Host is harboring more than one parasite at a time.

Answer 28

SUPERINFECTION/HYPERINFECTION

Question 29

What are the phases of parasitism? (4)

Answer 29

1. Contact and entry to the host 2. Migration of parasite to habitat 3. Maturation and reproduction 4. Exit & development / dissemination

Question 30

It refers to a dse with low incidence but constantly present in a given community.

Answer 30

ENDEMIC

Question 31

Refers to the degree of tolerance to a certain pathogen.

Answer 31

ENDEMICITY

Question 32

Factor that promote endemicity of parasites. (3)

Answer 32

1. Presence of a suitable host 2. Escape of the parasite from the host 3. Environmental conditions that enhances the survival of the parasite outside of the host.

Question 33

It refers to a dse with high incidence and is constantly present in a given community.

Answer 33

HYPERENDEMIC

Question 34

It refers to a sharp rise/high mobidity of the dse and is occasionally present in the community.

Answer 34

EPIDEMIC

Question 35

It refers to a dse that appears occasionally in 1 or some members of a community.

Answer 35

SPORADIC

Question 36

Refers to the spread of dse that has been disseminated over extensive area of the world?

Answer 36

PANDEMIC

Question 37

Types of ZOONOSIS Nemonic: P A A Z E A

Answer 37

PARAZOONOSIS ANTHROPOZOONOSIS AMPHIXENOSIS ZOOANTHROPONOSIS ENZOONOSIS ANTHROPONOSIS

Question 38

Type of zoonosis that is common to man and reservoir.

Answer 38

ENZOONOSIS

Question 39

Type of zoonosis that is present accidental host?

Answer 39

PARAZOONOSIS

Question 40

Type of zoonosis that is acquired by man from other vertebrates.

Answer 40

ANTRHOPOZOONOSIS

Question 41

Type of zoonosis that is common to man and vertebrates.

Answer 41

AMPHIXENOSIS

Question 42

Type of zoonosis that is transmitted to animals from humans.

Answer 42

ZOOANTHROPONOSIS

Question 43

Type of zoonosis that exclusive to man but needs to develop elsewhere.

Answer 43

ANTHROPONOSIS