Relationships in Medical Parasitology: Commensalism, Parasitism, and Mutualism

What is the role of a paratenic host in the transmission of infectious agents?

In Taeniasis, which species are considered the definitive host?

Which of the following animals serves as a reservoir of Balantidium coli?

What type of vector develops or multiplies the infecting organism before transmitting it to another individual?

What term describes organisms that cannot live without a host?

Which of the following describes organisms that attack an unusual host?

Where does the larval or asexual stage of a parasite typically reside?

Which term is used to describe a free-living organism that passes through the gastrointestinal tract without infecting the host?

Which type of relationship is commensalism based on?

Which parasite derives benefits without causing any injury to the host?

What is the most common portal of entry for parasites?

Which parasite may be transmitted through mother's milk?

Which parasite causes amebic dysentery?

Which host serves as an intermediate host for filarial nematodes?

Which parasite competes with the host for Vitamin B12?

What type of damage does traumatic damage cause to the tissues affected?

Which parasite secretes lytic enzymes that lyses tissues?

Which parasite may provoke cellular proliferation and infiltration at the site of their location?

Which host serves as an intermediate host for Trypanosoma cruzi?

Which parasite causes Leishmaniasis?