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Parasites - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 31 times
- The average score is 3 of 15
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What major organ may schistomiasis lead to inflammation? | Liver/spleen | 69%
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| What is the main vector for leishmania? | Sand fly | 35%
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| If a life cycle of a parasite only involves one specific definitive host, what is it referred to as? | Direct | 31%
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| What do sporocysts in the snail release into the water that then can infect the humans? | Cercaria | 27%
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| What is the most common worm infection in the UK? | Pin worm (Enterobius vermicularis) | 27%
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| What are the large colections of embryolated eggs (~50,000) that the tapewrom releases called? | Proglottids | 23%
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| Which anti-helminth drug is a neurotransmission inhibitor? | Ivermectin | 19%
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| Which changes membrane permeability to calcium ions? | Praziquantal | 15%
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| What fever is the first stage of schistosomiasis? | Katayama | 8%
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| What is the name for the immature form of the pork tape worm (taenia solium)? | Cystercerci | 4%
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| Giant roundworms such as Ascaris lumbricoides, may prevent the passage of food through the intestines, what is the technical term for this? | Mechanical blockage | 4%
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| What do Albendazole and mebendazole inhibit assembly of? | Microtubule | 4%
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| What do the eggs of schistosoma release into the water in order to go onto insert into snails? | Miracidia | 4%
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| What sub group of eukaryotes do all parasitic helminths belong to? | Opisthokonta | 4%
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| What is the route of transmision for whipworm (Trichurius trichuria)? | Oral-faecal | 0%
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