Multiple choice

Which of the following sets represents helminthic diseases only?

  1. Ascariasis, amoebiasis, trypanosomiasis, giardiasis

  2. Enterobiasis, filariasis, trypanosomiasis, balantidiasis

  3. Ascariasis, ancylostomiasis, enterobiasis, filariasis

  4. Ancylostomiasis, tuberculosis, filariasis, balantidiasis

  5. Filariasis, giardiasis, ancylostomiasis, trypanosomiasis
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Explanation

All are helminthic diseases.Ascariasis is an infection caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, giant roundworm of humans belonging to the phylum Nematoda. Ancylostomiasis is the condition of infection by Ancylostoma hookworms. Enterobiasis (pinworm infection) is caused by a small and thin white roundworm called Enterobius vermicularis. Wuchereria bancrofti is a human parasitic roundworm that is the major cause of filariasis.

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