Parasitology — Flashcards

Flashcard 111: Leishmania donovani presents as _____ leishmaniasis, also known as kala-azar (black fever)

Answer: visceral

Flashcard 112: Ingestion of _____ in undercooked beef or pork results in taeniasis (intestinal infection)

Answer: Taenia cysticerci (larvae)

Extra: Note: Ingestion of T. solium eggs via contaminated water/food (fecal-oral route) results in cysticercosis (tissue infection), whereas ingestion of larvae (cysticerci) in undercooked meat results in taeniasis (intestinal infection).

Flashcard 113: Bile-stained eggs can be remembered by the mnemonic **TAT**: _____, **A**scaris lumbricoides, and **T**aenia species.

Answer: **T**richuris trichiura

Flashcard 114: Hookworms, a helminth, enter the _____ through the feet, making their way to the lungs; mucociliary escalator eventually causes them to be swallowed into the GI tract

Answer: blood

Flashcard 115: _____ of the helminth Toxocara canis can enter the eye and cause blindness

Answer: Larvae

Flashcard 116: Infection of the helminth _____ occurs via drinking of water contaminated with larvae in copepods

Answer: Dracunculus medinensis

Flashcard 117: Schistosoma _____ has a large lateral spine

Answer: mansoni

Flashcard 118: How is the presence of Strongyloides stercoralis diagnosed? _____, Eosinophilia

Answer: Larvae in stool O&P

Flashcard 119: Which intestinal parasites are ingested via contaminated water in the cyst form?_____

Answer: Giardia

Flashcard 120: Schistosoma _____ has a large terminal spine

Answer: haematobium