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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
  1. sucking and piercing type

  2. sponging type

  3. biting and chewing type

  4. Both (1) and (2)

  5. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mouth part of mosquito is sucking and piercing type.  

Multiple choice
  1. Trypanosoma cruzi

  2. Leishmania

  3. Trypanosoma brucei

  4. Trypanosoma gambiense

  5. Hydra vulgaris

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, black fever, and Dumdum fever, is the most severe form of leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania genus.

Multiple choice
  1. Trophozoites develop into schizonts.

  2. The sporozoites invades the epithelial cells of the allimentary.

  3. Transmission occurs when these mature oocysts are ingested.

  4. The sporocysts each divide twice, resulting in four sporozoites.

  5. An oocyst with two sporoblasts is released in stool of infected person.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

An oocyst with one sporoblast is released in stool of infected person. After the oocyst has been released, the sporoblast matures further and divides into two.

Multiple choice
  1. Cholera

  2. Chicken pox

  3. Malaria

  4. Plague

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites transmitted through the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Cholera is water-borne, chicken pox is viral (airborne), and plague is bacterial (flea-borne from rodents). Malaria remains a major health concern in tropical regions.

Multiple choice
  1. Vector

  2. Transmitter

  3. Drones

  4. Conductor

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In biological context, a vector is an organism that transmits disease-causing pathogens from one host to another. Insects like mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks are common vectors. The other terms like transmitter, drones, or conductor are not standard scientific terminology for disease transmission.

Multiple choice
  1. TB and cholera

  2. typhoid and cholera

  3. cholera and rabies

  4. AIDS and hepatitis B

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

AIDS (HIV) and Hepatitis B are primarily transmitted through body fluids like blood, semen, and vaginal secretions. The other diseases listed have different transmission routes - TB is airborne, typhoid and cholera are waterborne/fecal-oral, and rabies spreads through animal bites (saliva).

Multiple choice
  1. Poliomyelits

  2. Filariasis

  3. Leprosy

  4. Amoebiasis

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Filariasis (elephantiasis) is caused by nematode worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, or Brugia timori. Poliomyelitis is viral, leprosy is bacterial (Mycobacterium leprae), and amoebiasis is protozoan (Entamoeba histolytica).

Multiple choice
  1. an endogenous host for Plasmodium

  2. an exogenous host for Plasmodium

  3. an initial host

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In the life cycle of Plasmodium, the sexual phase (sporogony) occurs within the mosquito, which is considered the exogenous host or definitive host. The asexual phase (schizogony) occurs within the human, the endogenous or intermediate host.

Multiple choice
  1. sand fly

  2. mosquito

  3. tse-tse fly

  4. yellow wasp

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

African sleeping sickness is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Trypanosoma and is transmitted to humans by the bite of the tsetse fly. Sand flies transmit leishmaniasis, and mosquitoes transmit diseases like malaria and dengue. The yellow wasp is not a known vector for this disease.