Parasitic Worm Diseases

Q.

Infection of Ascaris usually occurs by :

1. Ingesting faecal matter

2. Eating imperfectly cooked pork

3. Tsetse fly

4. Mosquito bite

Q.

Identify the organism in the picture. ___.

Q. The intermediate host of Schistosoma is

1. Mosquito
2. Snail
3. Housefly
4. Sheep

Q. 'Enterobiasis' disease is caused by

1. Filaria worm
2. Pin worm
3. Hook worm
4. Roundworm

Q. Which of the following pairs is correct?

1. Housefly - Yellow fever
2. Bed bug - Kala azar
3. Sandfly - Amoebic dysentry
4. Culex - Filariasis

Q. The organism that causes elephantiasis belongs to

1. Protozoa
2. Nematoda
3. Insecta
4. Coelenterata

Q. Which disease is caused by a nematode?

1. Leprosy
2. Amoebiasis
3. Poliomyelitis
4. Filariasis

Q. Culex is a vector for ____________ disease/s.

1. Avian malaria
2. Filariasis
3. Japanese encephalitis
4. All of the above

Q. Infection of Ascaris usually occurs by

1. Imperfectly cooked pork
2. Mosquito bite
3. Tsetse fly
4. Contaminated water and vegetables

Q. Chenopodium oil is used in

1. Tuberculosis
2. Typhoid
3. Ascariasis
4. Small pox