Parasitology — Flashcards

Flashcard 41: lymphatic filariasis is caused by

Answer: wuchereria bancrofti-MC brugia malayi brugia timori

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Flashcard 42: _____ is the 3rd mc soil transmitted helminthic infection

Answer: whipworm

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Flashcard 43: Relapse in malaria is seen in infection with Plasmodium _____ and _____

Answer: vivax

Extra: Relapse is due to the reactivation of dormant liver stages called hypnozoites. Plasmodium malariae and P. falciparum cause recrudescence (due to persistence of blood stages).

Flashcard 44: 0efba98c1935432194f6611424eef378-oa-2

Answer: primary vs secondary host

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Flashcard 45: _____ form of leishmania is seen in non-vertebrates

Answer: promastigote

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Flashcard 46: source of ascaris egg is _____

Answer: soil

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Flashcard 47: round worm enters intestine _____ times during life cycle

Answer: 2

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Flashcard 48: rapid diagnostic test for kala azar uses _____ antigen

Answer: RK 39

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Flashcard 49: The adult worms in Lymphatic filariasis can live in the body for _____

Answer: 10-15 years

Flashcard 50: _____ gave life cycle of malarial parasite

Answer: ronald ross

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