Ciliate Parasites and Public Health

To facilitate transmission through contaminated food or water

To enhance the host's immune response

To allow the parasites to survive in harsh environmental conditions (correct)

To increase the parasites' reproductive rate

Their ability to evade the host's immune response

Their ability to thrive in sterile environments

Their ability to form symbiotic relationships with host cells

Their ability to form protective cysts that can be transmitted (correct)

Through direct contact between infected individuals

Through infected vectors like mosquitoes

Through contaminated air or dust

Through contaminated food or water (correct)

<p>They can survive in harsh environmental conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The parasites can persist in the environment and infect new hosts</p> Signup and view all the answers