Medical Parasitology Overview

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What is the term for a host in which the parasite adult stage is present or in which sexual reproduction occurs?

Transport host

Definitive host (correct)

Intermediate host

Dead-end host

Which type of host acts as a continuous source of human infection by harboring the parasite adult stage?

Vector

Transport host

Intermediate host

Reservoir host (correct)

What is the term for an arthropod that transmits the parasite from one host to another?

Intermediate host

Definitive host

Dead-end host

Vector (correct)

Which type of host harbors a parasite in an arrested state of development but remains alive and ready to infect a suitable host?

Transport (Paratenic) host Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a relationship between two organisms living closely together where one benefits while the other neither benefits nor harms?

Commensalism Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the relation where one organism is mechanically carried by another without dependency?

Phoresis Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of a parasite?

An organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits at the host's expense Signup and view all the answers

Which type of parasite can live freely in the environment but also as a parasite in hosts?

Facultative parasites Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between ectoparasites and endoparasites?

Ectoparasites live on the outside of the host, while endoparasites live within the body of the host. Signup and view all the answers

What type of parasites always infect the host and never leave?

Permanent parasites Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes parasites that are normally not maintained in humans but infect them accidentally?

Accidental parasites Signup and view all the answers

What defines obligatory parasites?

They can only live in or on their hosts and can't complete their life cycle without a suitable host. Signup and view all the answers

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What is the term for a host in which the parasite adult stage is present or in which sexual reproduction occurs?

Which type of host acts as a continuous source of human infection by harboring the parasite adult stage?

What is the term for an arthropod that transmits the parasite from one host to another?

Which type of host harbors a parasite in an arrested state of development but remains alive and ready to infect a suitable host?

What is the term for a relationship between two organisms living closely together where one benefits while the other neither benefits nor harms?

Which term describes the relation where one organism is mechanically carried by another without dependency?

What is the definition of a parasite?

Which type of parasite can live freely in the environment but also as a parasite in hosts?

What is the difference between ectoparasites and endoparasites?

What type of parasites always infect the host and never leave?

Which term describes parasites that are normally not maintained in humans but infect them accidentally?

What defines obligatory parasites?

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