The primary function of host in a parasite host relationship is to

● carry on the parasite life cycle

Which of the following key piece of information may be extracted from the portions of a parasite
life cycle that occurs outside the body
● epidemiology and prevention and control measures

Which of the following group of symptoms represent those most commonly observed in a
parasitic infection?
● abdominal cramping, abdominal pain and diarrhea

Which of the following represent examples of available treatment therapies to combat parasitic
infection?
● change in diet

Which of the following are examples of possible parasite prevention and control measures?
● practicing proper sanitation practices

Which of the following specimen type is most often submitted for parasitic study
● stool

How many samples should be collected when following typical ova and parasite study
● 3 samples

The idea, stool specimen for parasitic examination

● freshly collected stool sample

What is the purpose of fixative for collection of stool sample

● preserve the morphology of protozoan and prevent further development of helminths

Which of the following characteristics is observe during the macroscopic examination of stool
specimen
● color, consistency , adult worm

Which of the following procedures in the microscopic examination of stool specimen for
parasites?
● performing concentration technique

Which of the following parasitic stages is usually It detected after using a concentration
techniques
● protozoan trophozoites

One advantage of stool screening method is that

● it is highly sensitive and specific
The juvenile stage of developing nematode worm is referred to as
● Larvae

These individuals are prone to experience severe nematode infection

● unhealthy individual with heavy worm burden

The specimen of choice for recovery of enterobius vermicularis

● cellophane tape prep

The most likely to contract pinworm infection is a

● child

Then morphological forms recovered in cases of pinworm infection are

● eggs and adult females

Trichuris trichiura eggs are characterized by presence of which of the following

● hyaline by polar plug

Which of the following choices, the best laboratory diagnostic technique for recovery of Trichuris
Trichiura eggs
● Zinc sulfate flotation

Children infected with Trichuris trichiura commonly suffer from

● rectal prolapse

Individual ps contact ascaris lumbricoides via which of the following

● ingestion

The term that describes the lack of an outer mammillated albuminous coating is called
● decorticated

The specimen of choice for recovery of ascaris lumbricoides eggs is which of the following

● stool

This adult hookworm is characterized by a baccalaureate cavity that contained teeth

● Ancylostoma duodenale

Individuals contract hookworm via which of the following

● skin penetration

Which of the following are appropriate Ascaris lumbricoides preventions and control strategies
● proper sanitation practices
This diagnostic stage of strongylodies stercoralis is best seen in stool IU g fecal concentration
● rhabditiform

The life cycle of strongyloides stercoralis most resemble that of which of the following
● hookworm

The two clinical symptoms most commonly associated with trichinella spiralis are which of the
following
● abdominal pain and diarrhea

Trichinosis is acquired via which of the following

● ingestion of contaminated food

The specimen of choice for identification of trichinella spiralis is which of the following
● Skeletal muscle

The diagnostic stage of trichnella spiralis is which of the following

● encysted larvae

The speculation of the microfilariae can be done by recognition of distribution of nuclei in the tip
of the tail and the presence or absence of a delicate transparent covering known as
● sheath

What type of periodicity is exhibited if microfilariae appear in the blood of an individual at 2:00
pm each day
● diurnal

Which of the following is similar for all microfilariae

● the basic life cycle

The diagnostic infection with euchre is bancrofti is best accomplished with

● examination of stained peripheral blood taken during the night

Which of the following can be used in the differentiation and identification brugis Malaya
● the presence of 2 terminal nuclei in the tail

Select the ideal time period to collect blood samples for examination for the presence of the
microfilariae of brugia makati
● 10:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Swelling of the lower extremities due to obstruction of the lymphatic system by adult filarial
nematodes is known as
● elephantiasis
Prognosis of infection with euchre is bancrofti can be accomplished by all of the following
methods

● Tissue biopsy

The organism observed by Antoine van Leeuwenhoek in 1861 using his own stool is
● Giardia lamblia

He discovered the malarial parasite 1880

● Lateran

First British Nobel laureate who discovered the transmission of malaria by anopheles mosquito
in 1897
● Roland Ross

A facultative parasite that can change its lifestyle between free living in the environment and
parasite according to the surrounding conditions
● strongyloides stercoralis

A parasite that is capable of producing the disease as in an immunodeficiency host

● Opportunistic

The definitive host for plasmodium malarial parasite

● female anopheles

The intermediate host for plasmodium malarial parasite

● man

The reservoir host for fasciola hepatica

● sheep

A type of relationship or association in which one partner benefits from the association but the
host is neither helped nor harm
● mutualism

An endoparasite that targets the urinary Bladder

● schistosoma haematobium

The following parasite have direct life cycle

● trichomonas vaginalis

A person who is infected with parasite without any clinical or si clinical disease is known as
● carrier
The type of urine where microfilaria of wuchereria bancrofti are often demonstrate
● chylous

The following parasite can be demonstrated in the sputum

● taenia saginata

The following parasite can be demonstrated in the Csf except

● clorono sinensis

The eggs of which of nematodes are indistinguishable

● hookworm and threadworm

Once inside a human, these two nematodes take up residence outside the intestinal tract
● Necator americanus and ancylostoma duodenale

The eggs of these two nematode are rarely never see in stool sample
● trichina and thread worm

Which has of these parasite are contacted via skin penetration

● ancyclostoma duodenale, strongyloides stercoralis, Necator americanos

Differences in which of the following morphological forms serve as criteria necessary to

speciation the hookworms
● eggs

Intratable, painless, intermittent diarrhea caused by strongyloides stercoralis characterized by

numerous episodes watery diarrhea and bloody stool
● Acute bloody diarrhea

A peanut shaped egg with straited sheets and flattened bipolar plugs were seen on direct wet
prep

● Capillaries Philippinensis

The natural host of capillaria Philippinensis are

● migratory fish eating birds

The clinical manifestations are not present and the microfilaria are not found in the blood but in
the tissue and this is caused by immunologi hyper responsiveness to the filarial parasite
● tropical pulmonary eosinophilia

Common name
Ascaris lumbricoides - giant round worm
Trichuris trichuria - whipworm

Necator americanus - new world hookworm

Ancyclostoma duodenale - old world hookworm

Enterobius vermicularis - seatworm

Strongyloides stercoralis - threadworm

Wucheria bancrofti - Bancroft’s filaria

Brugia makati - Malayan filaria

Trichinella spiralis - trichina worm

Characteristic Egg morphological form

Ascaris lumbricoides - obvious albuminous coating

Ancyclostoma duodenale - thin shell surrounding embryonic cleavage

Enterobius vermicularis - flattened on one side

Trichuris trichuria - bipolar plug on each end

Strongyloides stercoralis - with well developed larvae

Term definition

Gravid - pregnant

Embryonated - fertilized

Cuticle - surface covering

Parthenogic - formation without fertilization

Decorticated - absence of an outer albuminous coating