Malaria Awareness Quiz

What is a common feeling when you have malaria?

• Happiness

• Weakness and constant tiredness

• Excitement

• Energy

What should you avoid to prevent malaria?

• Playing outside

• Staying near natural mosquito breeding sites

• Eating sweets

• Drinking cold water

What can you use to repel mosquitoes?

• Perfume

• Repellents

• Soap

• Shampoo

What is the name of the parasite that causes amebiasis?

• Entamoeba histolytica

• Plasmodium falciparum

• Giardia lamblia

• Trypanosoma cruzi

Where can cysts survive?

• In unfavorable environmental conditions

• Only in clean water

• Only in the air

• Only in soil

What happens to cysts once they are inside the human digestive tract?

• They transform into trophozoites

• They die immediately

• They turn into bacteria

• They become viruses

What is the common name of the insect that transmits Trypanosoma cruzi?

• Mosquito

• Flea

• Barber bug

• Tick

Who discovered the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi?

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch

• Carlos Chagas

• Alexander Fleming

What is the habit of the insect that transmits Trypanosoma cruzi?

• Diurnal

• Nocturnal

• Crepuscular

• None of the above

Where does the insect that transmits Trypanosoma cruzi typically live?

• In water

• In open fields

• In cracks of houses, bird nests, animal burrows, tree bark, and under stones

• In deserts