Parasitology — Flashcards

Flashcard 71: round worm lays _____ eggs/day

Answer: 3.5 lac

Extra: 

Flashcard 72: _____ form of E.Histolytica is infectious

Answer: cystic

Extra: 

Flashcard 73: 28e5375fcdc440af8c40905f92d918c6-oa-3

Answer: round worm vs hookworm

Extra: not H for Hhard clay soil and soft porous soil

Flashcard 74: 28e5375fcdc440af8c40905f92d918c6-oa-2

Answer: round worm vs hookworm

Extra: 

Flashcard 75: _____ causes amoebic brain disease and is associated with freshwater sources

Answer: Naegleria fowleri

Flashcard 76: Toxoplasma gondii has a sexual _____ (gametocyte) phase and asexual bradyzoite or tachyzoite phase

Answer: oocyst

Flashcard 77: _____ vaginalis presents with motile trophozoites on wet mount microscopy

Answer: Trichomonas

Flashcard 78: In *Entamoeba histolytica*, excystation (differentiation of _____ to trophozoite) occurs in the small intestine, while the trophozoite form resides primarily in the large intestine (colon).

Answer: cyst

Flashcard 79: Differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica to the trophozoite form in the colon allows the parasite to enter the _____ circulation and, eventually, the liver

Answer: portal

Flashcard 80: Recurrent _____ of Trypanosoma brucei are due to antigenic variation of surface glycoproteins

Answer: fevers