Parasitology Quiz

Helminthic Diseases

• Schistosomiasis is transmitted by direct skin penetration by helminth larva.
• Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Dracunculosis, and Hymenolepiasis are not transmitted by direct skin penetration.

Malaria Life Cycle

• Sporogony stages of the life cycle of the malarial parasite take place in female anopheles mosquitoes.
• Sporogony does not occur in human blood, liver cells, reticuloendothelial cells, or erythrocytes.

Trichuris Trichura

• Trichuris trichura lives in the caecum and colon, not in the jejunum and duodenum.
• Causes appendicitis.
• Eggs are not bile-stained.
• Eggs float in saturated salt solution.
• Causes rectal prolapse in some cases.

Malaria Infection

• A person infected with malaria by blood transfusion does not have hypnozoite in their body.
• Trophozoite, schizont, gametocyte, and merozoite are present in the body of a person infected with malaria.

Parasitic Infections

• Cryptosporidium parvum is associated with hypogammaglobulinemia and respiratory distress.
• Toxoplasma gondii, Pneumocystis carinii, Giardia lamblia, and Naegleria fowleri are not associated with hypogammaglobulinemia and respiratory distress.

Toxoplasma Gondii

• All different forms of Toxoplasma gondii can be present in the body of a cat.
• Toxoplasma gondii forms may not be present in humans, mice, cows, or pigs.

Serpent Worm

• Dracunculus medinensis is the scientific name of the Serpent worm.