Micro Practice Exam 4.4 Key PDF

1. Please answer the following questions regarding roundworms: (5 points) Which organism can cause blindness? Onchocerca Which organism can cause visceral larval migrans? Toxocara sp. Which organisms are usually acquired transdermally (through the skin)? Ancylostoma and Necator Which organism is the...

1. Please answer the following questions regarding roundworms: (5 points) Which organism can cause blindness? Onchocerca Which organism can cause visceral larval migrans? Toxocara sp. Which organisms are usually acquired transdermally (through the skin)? Ancylostoma and Necator Which organism is the major causative agent of lymphatic filariasis? Wuchereria Which organism can you acquire from snail slime/mucous? Angiostrongylus 2. Please state the disease caused by each of the following fungal organisms: (5 points) a. Pneumocystis carinii: Pneumonia b. Cryptococcus neoformans: Meningitis c. Sporothrix schenckii: Rose handler’s d. Trichophyton sp.: Tinea e. Candida sp.: candidiasis/thrush 3. Please state the disease caused by each of the following protozoal organisms: (5 points) a. Plasmodium vivax: Malaria b. Entamoeba histolytica: Dysentary c. Naegleria fowleri: PAM d. Trypanosoma brucei: Sleeping sickness e. Trypanosoma cruzi: Chagas 4. Please state the arthropod vector for each of the following parasitic organisms: (5 points) a. Onchocerca volvulus: black fly b. Plasmodium falciparum: mosquito c. Leishmania sp.: Sand fly d. Trypanosoma brucei: Tse Tse e. Wuchereria bancrofti: Mosquito 5. Please list the organ infected by the following parasites: (5 points) a. Schistosoma haematobium: Bladder b. Paragonimus westermani: Lung c. Fasciola hepatica: Liver d. Clonorchis sinensis: Liver e. Fasciolopsis buski: Intestine