APLN - PARASITOLOGY

The motile, reproducing stage, feeding stage of the Protozoa is which of the following?

Which of the following amebae has chromatoid bodies in the cyst stage?

Amebiasis is caused by:

Which of the following organs of the body is most often involved in extrainstestinal amebiasis?

Which of the following is characteristic of true amebae?

Which of the following is a true amoeba?

Amebae that inhabits the gastrointestinal tract of man are nonmotile , nonfeeding, and infective during which stage?

Mature cysts of E.polecki have how many nuclei?

Which of the following has cysts with chromatoid bodies that have two pointed ends or that can be round, triangular or oval?

Trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica have the following characteristics:

Which of these trophozoites, when acting as a pathogen, is likely to ingest red blood cells of the host?

The point of differentiation between Entamoeba histolytica and E. hartmanni is:

The mature cyst of Entamoeba histolytica has how many nuclei?

Failure to find bacteria in purulent spinal fluid should alert one to find the possibility of an infection with:

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Which trophozoite is distinguished by the possession of achromatic granules surrounding its karyosomal chromatin?

Which of the following would have double-walled, wrinkled cyst form?

A cyst that possesses a single nucleus and a large glycogen vacuole that stains deeply with iodine belong to:

Some amebae have spiny, hyaline extensions called:

Which are the best staining procedures for species of Naegleria and Acanthamoeba?

Amebae inhabiting the central nervous system enter the body through the:

In which specimen are Acanthamoeba and naegleria usually found?

Naegleria has which of the following characteristics?

The trophozoite whose karyosomal chromatin appears as a rosette of 4-6 granules is identified as:

Which of the following are often mistaken for cysts of amebae?

Intestinal flagellates are usually which shape in the trophozoite stage?

Which of the following is pathognomic for G.lamblia and the stage it is found in?

Which of the following protozoa have an undulating membrane?

Infections with D. fragilis can show which of the following symptoms?

What does D.fragilis have in common with T. vaginallis?

Which flagellate can be a pathogen of the small intestine?

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Which intestinal flagellate trophozoite has a sucking disc, 2 nuclei, 8 flagella, and an axostyle?

Red and white blood cells in stool specimens are characteristics of:

A pear-shaped flagellates with jerky motility that is found in a urine specimen is identified as:

Eighty percent of the trophozoites of D. fragilis have:

The only bilaterally symmetrical protozoan is

Which of the following is the intracellular form of blood and tissue flagellates?

Which of the following is the cause of African sleeping sickness?

Which of the following is the vector of african sleeping sickness

Which species of Trypanosoma is the cause of Chagas disease?

Which of the following is characteristic of the trypanosome form of Trypanosoma cruzi?

Which specimen would be suitable for a demonstration of the trypanosomes of sleeping sickness?

The extracellular form of Trypanosoma is a slender organism characterized by an undulating membrane and a free flagellum that arises:

Which of the following is found within the reticuloendothelial cells?

How is Trypanosoma cruzi transmitted?

A chagoma is a lesion seen in infections with:

Which of organism is the cause of kala-azar?

In the laboratory diagnosis of L. donovani, which is the preferred specimen in which to a find Leihman Donovan bodies?

Which of t he following is the only ciliate that is pathogenic in humans

A very large cyst whose double wall encloses a ciliated organism with one visible nuclei would be:

Which of the following structures are used for motility of Balantidium coli?

Which nucleus in the trophozoite of Balantidium coli is the reproductive one?

Conjugation of trophozoite of Balantidium coli never occurs between:

The definitive host (vector) to Plasmodium is the:

Which of the malarial organisms presents as pale, very ameboid ring trophozoites, infecting a large pale red blood cell with dots of hemoglobin?

Which of the malarial organisms preferentially invades reticulocytes?

The malarial organisms whose schizont resembles a "fruit pie" in which the merozoite form a rosette around around the malarial pigment is:

Which malarial organism characteristically has a band form trophozoite stretching across the red blood cells?

The gametocyte of Plasmodium falciparum can be differentiated from that of other malarial species by:

In which type of malaria can Ziemann's stippling be found?

In which type of malaria can Maurer's dots be found?

Which malarial organism features ring trophozoites that have double chromatin dots, applique forms and often have multiple parasites in the infected red blood cells?

Which malarial organism has large, coarse, red dots within a large, pale red blood cell with fimbriated edges?

The sexual reproduction cycle in Plasmodium and Coccidia is referred to as:

What is the infective stage of the malarial parasite to the vector?

What is the infective stage of the malarial parasite to humans?

In which type of malaria is there synchronized rupture of the red blood cells every 72 hours?

In falciparum malaria, there may be a sudden massive intravascular hemolysis producing hemoglobinuria. This is called:

Which hemoglobin is incompatible with malaria parasite survival?

What is the name of the laboratory test that allows laboratory-bred reduviid bugs to feed on patients suspected of having Chagas' disease?

Humans are infected with Babesia by:

If immature oocysts of Isospora belli are found in stool specimens from infected humans, what should be done with the specimen for identification?

What stage of Isospora is infective to humans?

Isospora belli immature oocysts contain/s:

Infective oocysts of Isospora belli contain:

The demonstration of retinochoroiditis and cerebral calcifications in a newborn would result in which of these laboratory requests?

What is both the definitive and intermediate host of Toxoplasma gondii?

What is the appearance of Toxoplasma gondii in tissue fluids of man?

What constitute a positive result in the Sabin-Feldman dye test?

Which of the following tests is used for the detection of Cryptosporidium?

Which of the following parasites poses a particular hazard for immunodeficient or immunosuppressed individuals?

Which of the folllowing parasites is associated with AIDS:

Which operculated ovum contains a miracidium and can appear in sputum, often accompanied by blood and Charcot-Leyden crystals?

Which of the schistosome eggs may be recovered in rectal biopsy?

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The scientific name of the head of a tapeworm is:

Which of the following worms have an oral and ventral shaped sucker in the adult stage?

Which of the following are hermaphroditic?

Which of the following is the first intermediate host of the flukes

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The common names for the schistosomes is :

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What is the common name for Clonorchis sinensis?

What is schistosomule?

The beef tapeworm is the common name for:

Which tapeworm proglottid makes its way across the fecal specimen by doubling movements, and is seen under the microscope to have numerous regular uterine branches (more than 15) resembling those of a tree?

Which of the following has an unarmed scolex?

Which species of Taenia has 7 to 12 uterine branches?

A hexacanth embryo enclosed in a radially striated shell belongs to the genus:

Which tapeworm infection has to be treated with great care so that man does not acquire the larval infection?

A bile stained egg that is 75 microns at its greatest diameter and contains a hexacanth embryo that lacks polar knobs or filaments is that of:

The "dwarf" tapeworm is another name for:

The eggs of Echinococcus granulosus are found in feces of:

Which of the following is found in the intermediate host of Echinococcus granulosus?

Hydatid cyst infection of man is due to the larva of the tapeworm:

The first intermediate host of diphyllobothrium latum is:

The second intermediate host of diphyllobothrium latum is:

What is the infective stage of the broad fish tapeworm to humans?

The eggs of this tapeworm are developed and have an operculum at one end and a small abopercular knob at the other end. The tapeworm is:

In some individuals, particularly those of Scandinavian extraction, this worm can cause megaloblastic anemia

Which of the following worms have separate sexes?

The male roundworm is differentiated from the female roundworm by its:

The best way to demonstrate a pinworm infection is by which of the following techniques?

The gravid female of Enterobius vermicularis deposits her embryonated eggs:

Eggs that average 60 microns in length, are oval with one flattened side, and contain a motile larva, are those of:

Eggs that are bile-stained and have clear polar plugs belong to the:

Which of the following nematodes does NOT have a free-living stage?

Which stage of the trichuris trichiura is infective to humans?

Where does the larva of ascaris lumbricoides go after it hatches in the small intestine?

If an Ascaris egg lacks its bile-stained mammillated coat, we refer to the egg as:

Trichuris trichiura, hookworm and ___ form the "unholy three" of roundworms.

Which of the following is the first stage larva of intestinal nematodes?

Which of the following organisms cause infections where the larvae migrate into the lymphatics and blood, lung alveoli, bronchiolus, pharynx, and then the small intestines?

Which of the following is characteristic of the eggs of hookworms?

The helminth that induces a hypochromic microcytic anemia in its host is the:

The rhabditiform larva of the hookworm has a:

Which of the following larval worms enters the host by penetration of the skin?

A roundworm that inhibits the small intestine and usually is demonstrated as rhabditiform larvae in the fecal specimen is the:

Muscle biopsy is a diagnostic technique employed to detect:

Which of the following roundworms give birth to her young?

A viviparous female nematode:

One of the differential characteristics of the microfilariae is the presence or absence of:

Adults of filarial worms live in:

One of the pathological findings in infestationsof Wuchereria is:

The intermediate host of the guinea worm is the

Dirofilaria immitis is the:

Dracunulus infection and cause ulcers that:

Which of the following microfilariae does NOT have a sheath?

Which of the following is the eye worm?

Cutaneous larva migrans or creeping eruption is caused by:

Which of the following causes a chronic cough, pulmonary and artery obstruction but no invasion of the heart in humans?

Which of the following is caused by the ingestion of snails by humans?

Cercarial dermatitis, commonly known as swimmer's itch, is caused by:

What is the scientific name of the body of a tapeworm?

The gravid segments of a tapeworm are filled with:

A six-hooked embryo is known as:

"Ground itch" occurs in infections of hookworm at the:

Direct examination of stool specimens stained with iodine make the trophozoite of the Protozoa stain what color?

What color does the cytoplasm of protozoan cysts stain an iodine wet stool preparation?

What color do chromatoid bodies of protozoan cysts stain in an iodine wet stool preparation?

What is the advantage of the sedimentation method of concentrating stool specimens?

Trophozoite structures of protozoans, when stained with trichrome stain, appear:

When stained with trichrome stain, chromatoid bodies appear what color?

The preservative to be employed with the trichrome stain is:

The ideal temperature at which to hold a fecal specimen for more than 1 hour is:

The preferred specific gravity of zinc sulfate solution for the flotation method is:

What type of blood specimen is preferred for preparing blood smears for protozoa?

What will happen if blood from a finger stick mixes with alcohol used to clean the area?

Venipuncture blood is not recommended for:

To detect stippling, prepare blood films venipuncture within: