Parasitology

is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks

• Malaria
• West Nile Virus
• Lyme Disease
• Elephantitis

Identify the correct definition of the term parasite:

• A micro-organism that invades host cells and replicates inside them
• An organism that lives in or on another living body to benefit the host
• An organism that lives in or on another living body to benefit itself

Identify the correct definition of the term endoparasite:

• Lives on the surface of the host organism
• Lives in the body cavities of the host organism

Identify the correct definition of the term ectoparasite:

• Lives on the surface of the host organism
• Lives in the body cavities of the host organism

The term for the animal that a parasite lives on/in is:

• Fomite
• Micro-organism
• Host
• Vector

Identify which of the listed parasites is not an ectoparasite:

• Roundworm
• Cheyletiella mites
• Fleas
• Ticks

Identify which of the listed parasites is not an endoparasite:

• Lungworm
• Tapeworm
• Demodex mites
• Roundworm

or cestodes, are intestinal parasites; eggs generally enter the human host from animals through ingested food, especially raw or undercooked meat. Humans can also become infected if there is contact with animal stools or contaminated water

• Tapeworm
• Elephatitis
• Leshamaniasis 
• Malaria

is a life-threatening blood disease caused by parasites transmitted to humans through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. Once an infected mosquito bites a human and transmits the parasites, those parasites multiply in the host's liver before infecting and destroying red blood cells

• Malaria
• West Nile Virus
• Lyme Disease
• Leshamaniasis

is a parasitic disease that is found in parts of the tropics, subtropics, and southern Europe, spread by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies, has three different forms: cutaneous, muscocutaneous, visceral.

• Elephantitis
• Leshamaniasis
• Lyme Disease
• malaria