30 Questions
What is the primary application of understanding the genetic makeup of a parasite using PCR?
To develop diagnostic tools for disease detection
What is the term for the relationship where two symbionts travel together with no physiological or biochemical dependence?
Phoresis
What is the term for the interaction among organisms where one organism lives with, in, or on the body of the other?
Symbiosis
What is the term for the phenomenon where one species lives off the products of another species?
Syntrophy
What is an example of nutritional mutualism?
Lichen over the rock
What type of parasite is Entamoeba histolytica when found in the liver or lung of humans?
Erratic parasite
What is the term for the relationship between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant?
Mycorrhiza
What type of parasite is a mosquito or bed bug, which only feeds on the host and then leaves?
Temporary/ Intermittent parasite
Which type of parasite is characterized by only the immature stages being parasitic?
Protelean parasite
What is the term for a host that harbors a parasite in the adult stage or where the parasite undergoes sexual reproduction?
Definitive host
What is the term for an insect that eats another insect, and whose immature stages feed on the host's body?
Parasitoid
What is the term for a host that serves as a temporary refuge and vehicle for reaching an obligatory host, usually the definitive host?
Paratenic host
What is the name of the blowfly that causes myiasis in sheep, leading to losses in Australian sheep industries?
Lucilia cuprina
What is the Greek word for 'fly' that is related to myiasis?
Myia
What is the study of protein from parasites that can lead to drug discovery?
Structural parasitology
What is the type of parasitology that deals with the study of parasite evolution and their interactions with the environment through their hosts?
Ecological parasitology
What is the type of parasitology that focuses on the role of parasites in causing fish disease?
Fisheries parasitology
What is the type of parasitology that deals with monitoring parasites in wild animals that are capable of being transmitted to humans?
Wildlife parasitology
What is the process by which an individual or a population is exposed to an infection?
Exposure
What is the term for the effects of an infective agent that has successfully developed inside the host?
Infection
What is the cycle of events required for an organism to survive and reproduce?
Life cycle
What is the term for parasites that host other parasites?
Hyperparasitism
What is the term for the sudden feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in temperature, often with copious sweating?
Rigor
What is the term for the blockage of ducts, such as blood vessels, caused by a growing parasite?
Infraction
What is the primary route of transmission for parasites through ingestion?
Fecal-oral route
What type of parasite lives on the outer surface of its host?
Ectoparasite
What is an example of a parasite that is completely dependent on its host?
Plasmodium spp.
What is an example of a parasite that can exhibit both parasitic and non-parasitic modes of living?
Naegleria fowleri
What is the term for a parasite that attacks an unnatural host and survives?
Accidental parasite
What is the term for a close relationship between two species, where one species eats the other?
Predation
Test your knowledge on Myiasis, a skin infestation caused by fly larvae, its effects on Australian sheep industries, and the different types of protozoa. Learn about the various fly species that cause human infestation, including Dermatobia hominis.
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