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ONLINE EXAM: PARASITOLOGY PART 2

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LEMAR REVIEW HUB

Email *

kayriemarayag29@gmail.com

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Key *

02-111722

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Surname, First Name *

Marayag, Kazzandra Marie R.

School *

Emilio Aguinaldo College


LRH Section *

Section A

Section B

Section C1

Section C2

Section D

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ECOFRIENDLY fecal fixative: * 1/1

Formalin

Schaudinn’s

Polyvinyl alcohol

Merthiolate-iodine-formalin

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Which of the following is associated with LOEFFLER’S SYNDROME: * 1/1

Ascaris lumbricoides

Enterobius vermicularis

Trichuris trichiura

Wuchereria bancrofti

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LOEFFLER’S SYNDROME: transient pulmonary infiltration; day-to-day clearing in 3 to 14


days; associated with marked peripheral eosinophilia

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VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS (VLM) and OCULAR LARVA MIGRANS (OLM) *1/1
are caused by accidental ingestion of eggs of:

Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum

Toxocara cati, Tocara canis

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A serum titer of 1: 8 is considered significant for OLM; 1: 32 is significant for VLM.

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CREEPING ERUPTION or CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS (CLM) is caused *1/1
by skin penetration of infective larvae of:

Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum

Toxocara cati, Tocara canis

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A patient presents with vague abdominal pains and a MICROCYTIC *0/1


HYPOCHROMIC anemia. A possible causative parasite is:

Enterobius vermicularis

Ancylostoma duodenale

Brugia malayi

Trichinella spiralis

Correct answer

Ancylostoma duodenale

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Infective stage is the SHEATHED FILARIFORM LARVA: * 1/1

Strongyloides stercoralis

Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus


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Infective stage is the UNSHEATHED FILARIFORM LARVA: * 1/1

Strongyloides stercoralis

Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus

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Which of the following roundworms is capable of AUTOINFECTION, *0/1


HYPERINFECTION, and a HEAVY WORM BURDEN with characteristic
larval migration required in the life cycle?

Ancylostoma duodenale

Enterobius vermicularis

Strongyloides stercoralis

Ascaris lumbricoides

Correct answer

Strongyloides stercoralis

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Parasite recovery from stool may be enhanced by the BAERMANN *0/1
FUNNEL TECHNIQUE:

Ascaris lumbricoides

Enterobius vermicularis

Strongyloides stercoaralis

Ancylostoma duodenale

Correct answer

Strongyloides stercoaralis

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The basic method is to wrap the sample in a PAPER TISSUE OR CLOTH AND SUBMERGE IT
IN A FUNNEL FILLED WITH WATER. The nematodes will clump and sink to the bottom of
the funnel where they can be recovered.

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A primate parasite, has been isolated from humans in Africa and causes *1/1
a severe life-threatening condition called “SWOLLEN BELLY SYNDROME.”

Toxocara cati

Toxocara canis

Ancylostoma caninum

Strongyloides fuelleborni
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The intestinal nematode considered capable of VERTICAL *0/1


TRANSMISSION and the potential cause for CONGENITAL INFECTIONS
is:

Ascaris lumbricoides

Enterobius vermicularis

Trichuris trichiura

Ancylostoma duodenale

Correct answer

Ancylostoma duodenale

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The filariform larva is the infective stage for: * 1/1

Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichostrongylus spp.

Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis

Ancylostoma duodenale, Strongyloides stercoralis

Trichuris trichiura, Necator americanus

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The examination of blood film should be performed at _____ to DETECT *1/1
MICROFILARIAE.

LPO

HPO

OIO

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MICROFILARIA: LPO
PLASMODIA, TRYPANOSOMES: OIO

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MOST COMMON identified species of filarial worms that infect humans: * 1/1

Brugia malayi

Loa loa

Onchocerca volvulus

Wuchereria bancrofti

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Lymphatic vessel involvement within the RETROPERITONEAL REGION is *1/1
associated with:

Brugia malayi

Loa loa

Onchocerca volvulus

Wuchereria bancrofti

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The nematode Loa loa is transmitted to humans by: * 1/1

Culex spp.

Simulium spp.

Mansonia spp.

Chrysops spp.

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The parasite is transmitted by the black fly, Simulium spp. * 1/1

Brugia malayi

Loa loa

Onchocerca volvulus
Onchocerca volvulus

Wuchereria bancrofti

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Sheathed microfilaria, nuclei extend to the tail in an irregularly arranged *1/1


fashion:

Brugia malayi

Loa loa

Onchocerca volvulus

Wuchereria bancrofti

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W. bancrofti: Sheathed, tail free of nuclei


B. malayi: Sheathed, tail with 2 separate nuclei
L. loa: Sheathed, nuclei up to the tip of the tail
O. volvulus: Unsheathed, tail is free of nuclei
M. perstans: Unsheathed, nuclei up to the tip of the tail
M. ozzardi: Unsheathed, tail is free of nuclei
M. streptocerca: Shepherd’s crook

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Microfilariae are sheathed and contain 4 to 5 subterminal and 2 *1/1
TERMINAL NUCLEI in the tail:

Brugia malayi

Loa loa

Onchocerca volvulus

Wuchereria bancrofti

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W. bancrofti: Sheathed, tail free of nuclei


B. malayi: Sheathed, tail with 2 separate nuclei
L. loa: Sheathed, nuclei up to the tip of the tail
O. volvulus: Unsheathed, tail is free of nuclei
M. perstans: Unsheathed, nuclei up to the tip of the tail
M. ozzardi: Unsheathed, tail is free of nuclei
M. streptocerca: Shepherd’s crook

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Unsheathed microfilaria, tail is free of nuclei: * 1/1

Brugia malayi

Loa loa

Onchocerca volvulus

Wuchereria bancrofti

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W. bancrofti: Sheathed, tail free of nuclei


B. malayi: Sheathed, tail with 2 separate nuclei
L. loa: Sheathed, nuclei up to the tip of the tail
O. volvulus: Unsheathed, tail is free of nuclei
M. perstans: Unsheathed, nuclei up to the tip of the tail
M. ozzardi: Unsheathed, tail is free of nuclei
M. streptocerca: Shepherd’s crook

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The tail of this microfilaria is often referred to as a “shepherd’s crook”: * 1/1

Mansonella perstans

Mansonella ozzardi

Mansonella streptocerca

Wucheriria bancrofti

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The endosymbiont Wolbachia sp. is required for parasite reproduction in *0/1


all of the following except:

Onchocerca volvulus

Brugia timori

Loa loa

Wuchereria bancrofti

Correct answer

Loa loa

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W. bancrofti, Brugia spp., and Onchocerca volvulus harbor an endosymbiotic alpha-


proteobacterium, Wolbachia sp. Wolbachia is an obligate intracellular organism.

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The worm has a characteristic, thick cuticle and a large uterus that fills *1/1
the body cavity and contains rhabditoid larvae:

Ascaris lumbricoides

Enterobius vermicularis

Ancylostoma duodenale

Dracunculus medinensis
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Removal and gradual retraction of the adult gravid female worm is *1/1
recommended in infections with:

Ancylostoma braziliense

Dracunculus medinensis

Trichinella spiralis

Toxocara cati

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The following infection may RESEMBLE ACUTE APPENDICITIS: * 1/1

Parastrongylus costaricensis

Gnathostoma sp.

Toxocara cati

Parastrongylus caninum

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Infection with Clonorchis or Opisthorchis may result from eating raw or *1/1
undercooked:

Aquatic vegetation

Crabs
Crayfish

Freshwater fish

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Which of the following can be acquired by ingestion of crab or crayfish *1/1


bearing the metacercaria:

Fasciola hepatica

Fasciolopsis buski

Clonorchis sinensis

Paragonimus westermani

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Which of the following flukes has an OPERCULATED FLASK-SHAPED egg *0/1
with PROMINENT SHOULDERS and a KNOB AT THE OPPOSITE END?

Opisthorchis

Paragonimus

Fasciola

Fasciolopsis

Correct answer

Opisthorchis

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F. hepatica
Operculated, brownish-yellow, unembryonated

C. sinensis, O. viverrini
Operculated with shoulders, opposite end knob, yellow-brown, embryonated

P. westermani, P. mexicanus
Operculated with shoulders, thick shelled, brownish-yellow, unembryonated

F. buski
Operculated, yellow-brown, unembryonated

H.heterophyes, M. yokogawai
Operculated with slight (minimal) opercular shoulders, yellow-brown, embryonated

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The eggs are small, yellow-brown, EMBRYONATED, and operculated and *1/1
may have MINIMAL OPERCULAR SHOULDERS:

Fasciola hepatica

Fasciolopsis buski

Heterophyes heterophyes

Paragonimus westermani

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EMBRYONATED (MATURE) EGGS


“CHOS/SHOC” OPERCULATED:
Clonorchis, Heterophyes, Opistorchis

MATURE, NONOPERCULATED: Schistosoma

UNEMBROYONATED (IMMATURE) EGGS, OPERCULATED


Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Echinostoma

UNEMBRYONATED, WITH OPERCULUM AND ABORPERCULUM:


Paragonimus

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The infective life cycle stage of a fluke (except blood fluke) is the: * 1/1

Miracidium

Cercariae

Metacercariae

Pleurocercariae
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The fluke acquired by eating contaminated vegetation is: * 1/1

Clonorchis sinensis

Fasciolopsis buski

Heterophyes heterophyes

Paragonimus westermani

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Fish carrying metacercariae may transmit: * 1/1

Clonorchis sinensis

Fasciolopsis buski

Paragonimus westermani

Schistosoma haematobium

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Paragonimus westermani infection is acquired by: * 1/1

Drinking contaminated water

Eating infected crustacea

Eating infected fish


Eating infected water chestnuts

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The mode of transmission of schistosomal infection is by: * 1/1

Ingestion of contaminated aquatic vegetation

Direct penetration of the skin by cercariae

Ingestion of raw fish

Mosquito bite

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The drug of choice for treatment of schistosome infections is: * 1/1

Metrifonate

Praziquantel

Bilarcil

Niclosamide

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Infection with S. mansoni may require a larger dose than that for the other species.

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A diagnostic characteristic of the egg of Schistosoma mansoni is: * 1/1

A large lateral spine

No spine

A pointed terminal spine

A small lateral spine

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To optimize recovery of S. haematobium in urine, the specimen should be *1/1


collected:

Early morning

Between noon and 2 pm

Between 2 pm and 4 pm

Between 10 pm and 2 am

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Infection with S. haematobium may present with which of the following? * 1/1

Nausea

Basophilia

Hematuria
Hematuria

Jaundice

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A patient from the Great Lakes area presents with vague abdominal *1/1
symptoms and a MACROCYTIC ANEMIA. Which cestode would be the
probable cause?

Diphyllobothrium latum

Echinococcus granulosus

Taenia saginata

Hymenolepis nana

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In the Diphyllobothrium latum life cycle, the infective stage for humans is: * 1/1

Cysticercus

Cysticercoid

Procercoid

Plerocercoid

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Only cestode to have an aquatic life cycle: * 1/1

Diphyllobothrium latum

Dipylidium caninum

Hymenolepis diminuta

Hymenolepis nana

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1st intermediate host: COPEPOD


2nd intermediate host, reservoir host: FISH
Definitive host: MAN

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Lifespan of D. latum, T. saginata and T. solium: * 1/1

Usually less than 1 year

1 to 5 years

10 to 15 years

Up to 25 years

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H. nana: Perhaps many years as a result of autoinfection


H. diminuta: Usually less than 1 year
D. caninum: Usually less than 1 year
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D. latum, Taenia: Up to 25 years

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Thick-walled POLLEN GRAINS resemble the eggs of: * 0/1

Ascaris lumbricoides

Dipylidium caninum

Hymenolepis nana

Taenia species

Correct answer

Taenia species

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Which of the following can bypass the need for an intermediate host? * 1/1

Diphyllobothrium latum

Dipylidium caninum

Hymenolepis diminuta

Hymenolepis nana

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Which tapeworm infects CATTLE as an INTERMEDIATE HOST? * 1/1

Taenia saginata
Taenia saginata

Dipylidium caninum

Hymenolepis diminuta

Hymenolepis nana

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Definitive host of Taenia saginata: * 1/1

Cow

Pig

Insect

Human

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Human serves as the definitive host for beef (Taenia saginata) and pork (Taenia solium)
tapeworms; cows/ camels and pigs serve as intermediate hosts, respectively. Humans
also serve as the intermediate host for T. solium (cysticercosis).

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Which tapeworm cannot be identified to the species level based on its *1/1
egg morphology; instead, proglottids must be examined?

Diphyllobothrium

Dipylidium

Hymenolepis

Taenia

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Uterine branches visualized by staining the proglottids with INDIA INK


T. SAGINATA: 15 to 20 branches, dichotomous or tree-like
T. SOLIUM: 7 to 13 lateral branches, dendritic or fingerlike

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Gravid proglottids resemble rice grains(dry) or cucumber seeds (moist): * 1/1

Diphyllobothrium latum

Dipylidium caninum

Taenia spp.

Hymenolepis nana

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Eggs HAVE POLAR FILAMENTS present in the space between the *1/1
oncospheres and the eggshell:

Hymenolepis diminuta

Hymenolepis nana

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The eggs contain a six-hooked oncosphere with the ABSENCE OF POLAR *1/1
FILAMENTS in the space between the oncosphere and the eggshell:

Hymenolepis diminuta

Hymenolepis nana

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Protozoan with large karyosome, may be surrounded by refractile *1/1


granules that are difficult to see (“BASKET NUCLEUS”):

Endolimax nana

Entamoeba coli

Entamoeba histolytica

Iodamoeba butschlii

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Which operculated ovum contain a miracidium and can appear in sputum, *1/1
often accompanied by blood and Charcot-Leyden crystals?

Fasciola hepatica

Paragonimus westermani

Schistosoma mansoni

Dipylidium caninum

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Which of the following is the first intermediate host of the flukes? * 1/1

Snail

Water plant
Water plant

Fish

Crab

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What is a schistosomule? * 1/1

Cercaria

Cercaria minus tail

Free-swimming cercaria

Metacercaria

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Which tapeworm proglottid makes its way across the fecal specimen by *1/1
doubling movements, and is seen under the microscope to have
numerous regular uterine branches (more than 15) resembling those of a
tree?

Taenia saginata

Taenia solium

Diphyllobothrium lactum

Dipylidium caninum

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Which species of Taenia has 7 to 12 uterine branches? * 1/1

Taenia solium

Taenia saginata

Echinococcus granulosus

None of the above

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The eggs of Echinococcus granulosus are found in the feces of: * 1/1

Cats

Fish

Dog

Cattle

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Which of the following is found in the intermediate host of Echinococcus *1/1


granulosus?

Adult worm

Egg

Hydatid cyst
Hydatid cyst

Pseudocyst

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The first intermediate host of Diphyllobothrium latum: * 1/1

Copepod

Snail

Fish

Crab

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The second intermediate host of Diphyllobothrium latum * 1/1

Cattle

Waterplants

Crayfish

Freshwater fish

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What is the infective stage of the broad fish tapeworms to human? * 1/1

Plerocercoid

Coracidium

Hydatid cyst
Cysticerus

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In some individuals, particularly those of Scandinavian extraction, this *1/1


worm can case a megaloblastic anemia:

Diphyllobothrium latum

Dipylidium caninum

Taenia solium

Necator americanus

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Which of the following worms have separate sexes? * 1/1

Intestinal flukes

Liver flukes

Tapeworms

Blood flukes

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The male roundworm is differentiated from the female roundworm by its: * 1/1

Dorsally curved posterior

Pointed posterior

Square posterior
Square posterior

Rounded posterior

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Which stage of Trichuris trichiura is infective to humans? * 1/1

Rhabditiform larva

Filariform larva

Cyst

Embryonated egg

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Trichuris trichiura, hookworm, and _______ ”unholy three” of roundworm. * 1/1

Enterobius vermicularis

Ascaris lumbricoides

Taenia saginata

Hymenolepsis nana

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The helminth that induces a hypochromic microcytic anemia in its host is *1/1
the:

Hookworm

Whipworm

Pinworm
Pinworm

Threadworm

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The rhabditiform larva of the hookworm has a: * 1/1

Long buccal cavity equal to the width of the body

Short buccal cavity equal to ½ the width of the body

Medium length buccal cavity

Has no buccal cavity

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Which of the following larval worms enters the host by penetration of the *1/1
skin?

Strongloides stercoralis

Ancylostoma duodenale

Both of these

None of these

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A roundworm that inhabits the small intestine and usually is *1/1


demonstrated as rhabditiform larvae in the fecal specimen is the:

Hookworm

Large roundworm
Whipworm

Threadworm

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Adults of filarial worms live in: * 1/1

Blood and feces

Urine and lymphatics

Subcutaneous tissues

Lymphatics and subcutaneous tissues

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Dirofilaria immitis: * 1/1

Dog heartworm

Dog hookworm

Rat lungworm

Cercarial dermatitis

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Cutaneous larva migrans or creeping eruptions is caused by: * 1/1

Larvae of pinworm

Microfilariae

Filariform larvae of the dog hookworm


Metacercariae

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Specific gravity of zinc sulfate solution for the flotation method: * 1/1

1.01

1.04

1.18

1.48

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The ideal temperature at which to hold a fecal specimen for more than 1 *1/1
hour is:

Freezer temperature

Refrigerator temperature

Room temperature

Incubator temperature

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Most tapeworms are intestinal parasites of humans. Humans can be *1/1


both the intermediate and the definitive host of:

Taenia saginata

Taenia solium
Echinococcus granulosus

Diphyllobothrium latum

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Charcot-Leyden crystals in stool may be associated with an immune *1/1


response and are thought to be the breakdown products of:

Neutrophils

Eosinophils

Monocytes

Lymphocytes

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Characteristics of the rhabditiform (noninfective) larvae of Strongyloides *1/1


stercoralis include a:

Short buccal capsule and large genital primordium

Long buccal capsule and pointed tail

Short buccal capsule and small genital primordium

Small genital primordium and notch in tail

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A mother brings two male children; ages 3 and 4, to the clinic because *1/1
they are restless, haven't been sleeping well, and frequently are
scratching their bottoms. Examination is consistent with perianal
pruritus. What is the most likely etiologic agent involved in this infection?

Enterobius vermicularis

Stronyloides stercoralis

Acanthamoeba duodenale

Necator americanus

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A 33-year-old dog owner presents with abdominal pain and signs of *1/1
internal hemorrhaging. Blood tests show eosinophilia, but parasite eggs
are NOT found in fecal smears. An ELISA test confirms a diagnosis of
visceral larva migrans. What is the most likely etiologic agent involved in
this infection?

Schistosoma mansoni

Taenia saginata

Toxocara canis

Dipylidium caninum

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All of the following larva migrate through the lungs except one: * 1/1

Ascaris

Hookworm

Pinworm

Stronyloides

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Habitat of the adult Trichinella spiralis: * 1/1

Small intestines

Skeletal muscles

Blood

CSF

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T. SPIRALIS ADULT - SMALL INTESTINES


T. SPIRALIS LARVA - MUSCLES

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Malabsorption syndrome is associated with this parasite: * 1/1

Enterobius vermicularis

Necator americanus

Trichuris trichiura

Capillaria philippinensis

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The mouth of Necator americanus is characterized by the presence of: * 1/1

Teeth

Cutting plates

Both of these

None of these

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Which of the following microfilariae is unsheathed? * 1/1

Wuchereria bancrofti

Onchocerca volvulus

Loa loa
Brugia malayi

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Eye worm producing fugitive swelling or Calabar swelling: * 0/1

Loa loa

Onchocerca volvulus

Dipetalonema perstans

Mansonella ozzardi

Correct answer

Loa loa

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Infective stage of the Schistosomes to their final host: * 1/1

Miracidium

Sporocyst

Cercaria

Metacercaria

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Eggs of this fluke are small and shaped like an old-fashioned electric light *1/1
bulb:

Clonorchis sinensis

Fasciola lanceolata

Fasciolopsis buski

Echinostoma ilocanum

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Infection with this fluke is acquired by eating the tissues of fresh water *1/1
crabs:

Heterophyes heterophyes

Paragonimus westermani

Clonorchis sinensis

Fasciolopsis buski

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Schistosoma cercaria enter the human body: * 1/1

By eating raw snail

By eating contaminated vegetables and fish


By blood transfusion

By skin penetration

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Human tapeworm that does not require an intermediate host to complete *1/1
its natural life cycle:

Hymenolepis nana

Hymenolepis diminuta

Taenia saginata

Dipylidium caninum

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Microfilaria is sheathed, the body nuclei extend almost to the tip of the *1/1
tail

Wuchereria bancrofti

Brugia malayi

Loa loa

Onchocerca volvulus

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The term “internal autoinfection” is generally used in referring to *1/1


infections with:

Ascaris lumbricoides

Necator americanus
Necator americanus

Trichuris trichiura

Strongyloides stercoralis

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A fibrous skin nodule is removed from the back of a patient from Central *1/1
America. A microfilaria seen upon microscopic exam of the nodule is:

Wuchereria bancrofti

Brugia malayi

Onchocerca volvulus

Loa loa

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Cysticercosis is caused by the disseminated larva of: * 1/1

Hymenolepis nana

Hymenolepis diminuta

Taenia saginata

Taenia solium

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A tapeworm with almond-shaped or spoon-shaped scolex is: * 1/1

Taenia saginata

Taenia solium
Taenia solium

Dipylidium caninum

Diphyllobothrium latum

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An operculated CESTODE egg that can be recovered in human feces is: * 1/1

Clonorchis sinensis

Paragonimus westermani

Dipylidium caninum

Diphyllobothrium latum

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Clonorchis and Paragonimus - TREMATODES, operculated egg


D. caninum - CESTODE, CYLOPHYLLIDEAN, non-operculated egg
D. latum - CESTODE, PSEUDOPHYLLIDEAN, operculated egg

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Migrating larva of this parasite can be found in sputum: * 1/1

Ascaris lumbricoides

Paragonimus westermani

Both of these

None of these

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LARVA IN SPUTUM - ASCARIS, STRONGYLOIDES, HOOKWORM
EGG (OVUM) IN SPUTUM - PARAGONIMUS

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Egg of this parasite can be found in sputum: * 1/1

Ascaris lumbricoides

Paragonimus westermani

Both of these

None of these

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LARVA IN SPUTUM - ASCARIS, STRONGYLOIDES, HOOKWORM


EGG (OVUM) IN SPUTUM - PARAGONIMUS

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Serve as DEFINITIVE HOST for the beef tapeworm: * 1/1

Cows, camels

Pigs

Humans

Dogs, cats

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TAENIA SAGINATA
Humans serve as the definitive host for the beef tapeworm, whereas cows/camels serve
as intermediate hosts.
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INTERMEDIATE HOSTS of Taenia saginata: * 1/1

Cows, camels

Pigs

Humans

Dogs, cats

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TAENIA SAGINATA
Humans serve as the definitive host for the beef tapeworm, whereas cows/camels serve
as intermediate hosts.

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Eggs can be confused with POLLEN GRAINS: * 0/1

Enterobius

Trichuris

Taenia

Dipylidium

Correct answer

Taenia

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BAILEY & SCOTT'S: TAENIA EGGS
Eggs can be confused with pollen grains (handle all proglottids with extreme care)

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Gravid proglottids resemble rice grains (dry) or cucumber seeds (moist): * 1/1

Diphyllobothrium latum

Dipylidium caninum

Hymenolepis nana

Hymenolepis diminuta

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BAILEY & SCOTT'S: DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM


Gravid proglottids resemble rice grains (dry) or cucumber seeds (moist).

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Parasite recovery from stool may be enhanced by the Baermann funnel *1/1
technique:

Ascaris lumbricoides

Enterobius vermicularis

Strongyloides stercoralis

Trichinella spiralis

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Consumption of the infective larval stage encysted on aquatic plants that *1/1
have not been cooked results in infection with:

Clonorchis sinensis

Fasciola hepatica

Heterophyes heterophyes

Paragonimus westermani

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A schistosoma egg with a terminal spine would be most likely found in *1/1
which of the following?

Feces

Bile

Sputum

Urine

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S. HAEMATOBIUM - URINE

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