Introduction to Parasitology and Medical Protozoology

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What is the study of parasites called?

Bacteriology

Microbiology

Virology

Parasitology (correct)

Which area of medical parasitology deals with animal-like protists?

Microbiology

Bacteriology

Virology

Protozoology (correct)

Who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa under a microscope?

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (correct)

Alexander Fleming

Robert Hooke

Louis Pasteur

What is the term for an organism that lives in or on another organism?

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What is the term for a relationship between two different organisms where one benefits and the other is not affected?

Commensalism Signup and view all the answers

Which Dutch microscopist refuted the doctrine of spontaneous generation?

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Signup and view all the answers

What type of relationship is described as both organisms benefiting and both depending on each other for survival?

Mutualism Signup and view all the answers

Which type of parasite competes for nutrition and disrupts the function of the host's body?

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According to habitat, which type of parasite lives within the body of the host?

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Which type of parasite can complete its development without needing a host?

Facultative parasite Signup and view all the answers

What do you call a parasite that remains on or in the body of the host for its entire life?

Permanent parasite Signup and view all the answers

Which type of parasite multiplies in fecal matter outside the body?

Coprophilic parasite Signup and view all the answers

Where does a definitive host provide a habitat for parasites to attain sexual maturity?

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What type of vector transmits the parasite after it has completed its development in the host?

Biologic vector Signup and view all the answers

What term describes a situation where a parasite is found in a host where it does not usually live?

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According to duration, which type of parasite remains on the body of the host for a short period?

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What is the term for a female parasite that can reproduce eggs without a male, and the eggs contain larvae that hatch immediately?

Parthenogenetic Signup and view all the answers

What type of parasite is incapable of causing disease and lives inside cells or tissues?

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