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An acute systemic hypersensitivity reaction caused by Schistosoma is called:

Bilharziasis
Katayama fever
Swamp fever
Hoeppli Reaction

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Katayama fever

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The scolex of Taenia saginata has:

No suckers and 14 hooklets
24 hooklets
4 suckers
26-28(?) suckers

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4 suckers

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Which of the following is a correct match?

Paragonimus – snail
Heterophyes – fish
Fasciola – freshwater crab
Fasciolopsis – crayfish

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Heterophyes – fish

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How may a patient acquire dipylidiasis?

Eating adult flea or dog louse
Eating raw pork
Eating – (?) in cereal
Eating eggs from dog’s stool sample

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Eating adult flea or dog louse

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The miracidial hatching test helps demonstrate the viability of:

Egg of Taenia spp.
Eggs of hookworm spp.
Eggs of Schistosoma spp.
Eggs of Opistorchis

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Eggs of Schistosoma spp.

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After India Ink injection, the gravid proglottids of which cestode contain 7 to 14 branches on each side?

T. saginata
T. solium
D. caninum
E. granulosus

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T. solium

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Human can serve as both intermediate and definitive host in infections caused by:

E. vermicularis
H. nana
S. japonicum
A. lumbricoides

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H. nana

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The eggs of tapeworms belonging to the order Pseudophyllidea typically hatch in an aquatic environment, whereupon the free-swimming larva, or _______ is eaten by an aquatic arthropod, and develops into a _______. If the host is eaten by a fish, the next larval stage _______, develops.

Coracidium, Procercoid, Plerocercoid
Procercoid, Coracidium, Plerocercoid
Plerocercoid, Procercoid, Coracidium
Cysticercus, Plerocercoid, Coracidium

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Coracidium, Procercoid, Plerocercoid

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Operculated egg with flat operculum showing abopercular thickening can be produced by which of the following species?

D. latum
S. japonicum
S. intercalatum
F. hepatica

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P. westermani

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Mature egg of an adult tapeworm usually accumulates in:

Mature proglottid
The neck
Gravid proglottid
Immature segment

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Gravid proglottid

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Consumption of raw fishes with plerocercoid larva is the mode of transmission of which species?

D. latum
S. japonicum
H. heterophyes
C. sinensis

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D. latum

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Cysticercoid is the infective larva of

T. solium
E. granulosus
D. latum
H. nana

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H. nana

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A Schistosoma egg with a terminal spine would be most likely found in which of the following?

Feces
Bile
Rectum
Urine

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Urine

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The form that comes from the body of snail’s first intermediate host

Metacercaria
Redia
Adult
Cercaria

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cercaria

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In which of the following helminths are human accidental intermediate host?

D. latum
T. saginata
E. granulosus
P. westermani

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E. granulosus

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In the life cycle of hermaphroditic flukes, the infective stage of the snail is which of the following?

Cercaria
Miracidium
Metacercaria
Redia

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Cercaria

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This adult fluke is characterized by the presence of branched intestine

F. hepatica
C. sinensis
O. felineus
P. westermani

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F. hepatica

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The clinical picture in tapeworm anemia

Microcytic hypochromic
Macrocytic hypochromic
Microcytic normochromic
Macrocytic normochromic

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Macrocytic normochromic

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The clinical picture of nematode anemia

Microcytic hypochromic
Macrocytic hypochromic
Microcytic normochromic
Macrocytic normochromic

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Microcytic hypochromic

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Eating poorly cooked pork can lead to an infection with:
T. trichiura 2. T. solium 3. T. spiralis

2 only
1 and 2
2 and 3
1, 2, 3

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2 and 3

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Non-operculated egg with minute lateral knob may be diagnostic of which of the following spp.?

D. latum
S. japonicum
P. westermani
S. haematobium

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Two helminth eggs that may assemble one another:

D. latum & P. westermani
T. sagina & H. nana
O. felineus & F. buski
A. lumbricoides & T. trichiura

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D. latum & P. westermani

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An operculated tapeworm egg that can be recovered from human feces:

C. sinensis
D. latum
P. westermani
H. heterophyes

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Refer to the illustration on the microscopic analysis of the ova.
What would be the best specimen for diagnosis?

Stool
Sputum
Colon aspirate
Urine

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What is the organ location of the parasite adult? Lungs Small Intestine Rectum Bladder
Bladder
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Identify the parasite P. westermani S. mansoni S. japonicum D. latum
S. haematobium
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Which among the following helminths have hooks? D. latum 2. T. solium 3. H. nana 1 only 1 & 2 2 & 3 1, 2, 3
2 & 3
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The following tapeworms have rostellum, EXCEPT: T. saginata H. diminuta D. caninum T. solium
T. saginata
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necessary to diagnose infection with:
P. wetermani
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Two helminth eggs that may resemble one another are:
Diphyllobothrium latum and Paragonimus westermani
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The adult tapeworm of Echinococcus granulosus is found in the intestine of:
dogs
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Humans acquire infections with Diphyllobothrium adult worms by:
Ingestion of raw freshwater fish
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Eye infections with Acanthamoeba spp. have most commonly been traced to:
Use of contaminated lens care solutions
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The microsporidia are protozoans (now classified with the fungi) that have been implicated in human disease primarily in
Immunocompromised patients
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In a pediatric patient, the recommended clinical specimen for recovery of Enterobium vermicularis is the:
Scotch tape preparations
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When humans have hydatid disease, the causative agent and host classification are:
Echinococcus granulosus—accidental intermediate host
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When malaria smears are requested, what patient information should be obtained?
Travel history antimalarial medication date of return to United States
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The most prevalent helminth to infect humans is:
E. vermicularis, the pinworm
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A helminth egg is described as having terminal polar plugs. The most likely helminth is:
T. trichiura
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Autofluorescence requires no stain and identification of:
Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts
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With lopsided or D-shape ova
E. vermicularis
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The unholy 3
A. lumbrocides Trichuris trichiura hookworm
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Causes Megaloblastic pernicious (B12 Deficiency)
D. latum
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What is the SECOND INTERMEDIATE HOST of D. latum?
Freshwater fishes (1st is Freshwater crustaceans)
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Diagnostic test for S. japonicum
COPT (Circumoval Precipitate Test)
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Causes rectal prolapse
T. trichiura
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Pudoc worm is also known as
C. philippinensis
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Covered with scale-like spine, it has third sucker (gonotyl)
H. heterophyes
49
Rosette shape uterus
D. latum
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specimen of choice for Onchocerca volvolus
skin snips

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