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Disease Vectors and Pathogens

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Disease vectors and pathogens examine how organisms like Plasmodium and Leishmania transmit infections. Test items require matching vectors to specific diseases. Studying these life cycles is essential for scoring well.

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Disease Vectors and Pathogens Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a pair of protozoan diseases?

  1. Ascariasis and Mucormycosis

  2. Ascariasis and Leishmaniasis

  3. Leishmaniasis and Mucormycosis

  4. Mucormycosis and Toxoplasmosis

  5. Leishmaniasis and Toxoplasmosis
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite of genus Leishmania and transmitted by the bite of a sandfly. Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii.

Multiple choice

Dead Wuchereria bancrofti can cause

  1. Elephantiasis

  2. Erythema nodosum leprosum

  3. Serum sickness

  4. Pigeon fancier's disease

  5. Farmer's lung
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Dead filarial worm parasites in lymphatic vessels initiate an inflammatory reaction.