12 Questions
Which of the following groups contains single-celled organisms?
Protozoa
Which parasitic group includes roundworms, tapeworms, and flukes?
Helminths
Which of the following diseases is caused by a protozoan parasite?
Giardiasis
Which parasitic group includes thousands of species that are parasitic at some stage of their life cycle?
Arthropods
Which disease is caused by a parasitic ciliate?
Diarrhea
Which parasitic group includes organisms that can cause severe weight loss, diarrhea, abdominal pain or space-occupying lesions?
Helminths
What type of parasitic organism is responsible for causing sleeping sickness?
Parasitic flagellates
Which of the following parasitic groups is known to cause serious fouling problems in aquaculture?
Parasitic ciliates
Which type of parasitic worm is responsible for causing filiariases, hookworm, and threadworm diseases in humans and animals?
Roundworms (nematodes)
Which parasitic group is known to cause severe weight loss, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or space-occupying lesions in their hosts?
Larval and adult tapeworms (cestodes)
Which parasitic group is responsible for causing coccidiosis, malaria, and tick fevers?
Spore-forming sporozoa (Apicomplexa)
Which parasitic group includes the organisms that cause dysentery, meningoencephalitis, and corneal lesions?
Parasitic amoebae
Test your knowledge on parasitic diseases caused by protozoa such as giardiasis, trichomoniasis, sleeping sickness, Chaga's disease, dysentery, meningoencephalitis, and more. Explore the impact of over 10,000 species of single-celled protozoa in vertebrate and invertebrate hosts.
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