Parasitic Infections (GATE - XL)
Description: Proteins | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Palash Sundaram | |
Tags: Cestode nematode protozoans Protozoan and Helminthic Parasites |
Rodents serve as an intermediate host for which of the following parasitic cestodes?
Ring enhancing lesions in HIV patients are associated with
Which of the following cestodes can lead to megaloblastic anaemia?
Snails act as an intermediate host for
Infection by which of the following parasites leads to blindness?
The method of removal of a nematode is speculated to be the source of rod of Ascleplus, the symbol of medicine. Which of the following nematodes is behind this speculation?
Infections by Baylisascaris procyonis are very rare, but very dangerous. This is because it
Scotch tape technique is used for the diagnosis of
Which of the following animals serves as the most common source of Trichinella species in America?
Which of the following statements about Trichinella is false?
On microscopic testing, a rice field farmer with hepatomegaly was found to have sub-terminally spined eggs in his stool. Which of the following protozoans had most probably infected him?
A person was diagnosed with flask-shaped lesions in the large intestine. He complained of violent diarrhoea, bloody stool with pus, flatulance and malodorous gas with abdominal bloating. The etiological agent of his disease is
Which of the following human diseases is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti?
Match the parasitic trematodes with their common names ||| |---|---| |Trematode|Common name| |1. Clonorchis sinensis|a. Sheep liver fluke| |2. Fasciola hepatica|b. Lung fluke| |3. Fasciolopsis buski|c. Chinese liver fluke| |4. Paragonimus westermani|d. Giant intestinal fluke|
Ancylostoma caninum is a dog and cat hookworm. Which of the following human organs is most affected by this organism?