Trichomonas Parasite Life Cycle Quiz
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Which vector is responsible for transmitting African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)?

  • Reduviid bug
  • Phlebotomus sand fly
  • Tsetse fly (correct)
  • Triatoma bug
  • Which form of Leishmania causes the most severe visceral form of the disease?

  • Leishmania donovanii (correct)
  • Leishmania tropica
  • Leishmania major
  • Leishmania brasiliensis
  • In which form are amastigotes found within macrophages in all forms of the Leishmania disease?

  • Epimastigote
  • Trypomastigote
  • Promastigote
  • Amastigote (correct)
  • Which parasite is responsible for Chagas' disease, which leads to an enlarged heart and intestine?

    <p>Trypanosoma cruzi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organism causes malaria and is found in both blood and tissue?

    <p>Plasmodium spp.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which vector is responsible for transmitting American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease)?

    <p>Reduviid bug</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which vector is responsible for transmitting Leishmania?

    <p>Phlebotomus sand fly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of Trypanosoma is found in blood plasma?

    <p>Trypomastigote</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which vector is responsible for transmitting Leishmania braziliensis?

    <p>Phlebotomus sand fly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which vector is responsible for transmitting Trypanosoma rhodesiense?

    <p>Tsetse fly</p> Signup and view all the answers

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