Have you been studying parasitology? How much do you know about it? Ready for the ultimate parasitology trivia quiz? Parasitology deals with the study of parasites, their hosts, as well as the relationship among them. As a biological discipline, the means of parasitology is not decided by the organism or environment but by their way of life. These trivia questions will be fun and let you learn more about parasites. Let's go!
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The toxins they release
Their cellular components
Identifying the parasites themselves or their progeny
None of these
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Sporozoites
Plasmodium
Spores
Merozoites
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Merozoites
Sporozoites
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Taken up by biting mosquitos
Spread throughout the body and into the lungs
Left by biting mosquitos
No longer need to reproduce in red blood cells
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Ingestion of eggs
Direct penetration of larvae through skin
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Penetrate skin
Emerge from snails that swim in water
Mature outside of the venous system
Lose their tails and change into a form that can enter the bloodstream after they burrow in the skin
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Multiple cell eukaryotes
Require a large inocula
Disease results from replication of a large number of parasites
Can be intracellular or extracellular
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Systemic illness develops with fever after weeks or months after bite
Parasite not present in bloodstream
Patients have bouts of parasitemia, after which the dominant surface antigen changes
Months to years after bite, parasites invade CNS, Brain and spinal fluid
Not usually fatal
Drugs are not available for systemic stage
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Eggs require warm environment
Infection in warm climates
Eggs hatch in water
Transmission is exposure of skin to feces or water
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Long and ribbon like
Composed of circular segments
Each segment needs the other inorder to reproduce, metabolize, and consume food
Meraphroditic
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Worms
Typically intracellular
Transmitted by oral ingestion, penetration of broken skin, or arthropod bite
Many live in the GI tract but can infect internal organs
Usually are able to complete life cycle within a single host
Disease is directly related to the number of parasites acquired
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Mononucleosis-like syndrome
Congenital infection
Infections in the brain or heart in immunocompromised
Gastrointestinal distress
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Rash
Fever, chills, cough
Wheezing
Diarrhea
Obstruction of blood glow
Loss of bladder
Organ failure
Brain damage
Blindness
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