Protozoa Quiz

What is the primary vector for Trypanosoma brucei?

• Anopheles mosquito

• Reduviid bug

• Sandfly

• Tsetse fly

Which disease is caused by Plasmodium spp.?

• Sleeping sickness

• Chagas' disease

• Malaria

• Leishmaniasis

What is the infective stage of Trypanosoma spp.?

• Promastigote

• Amastigote

• Epimastigote

• Trypomastigote

Which species of Leishmania causes visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar)?

• Leishmania mexicana

• Leishmania braziliensis

• Leishmania donovani

• Leishmania tropica

What is the final host for Toxoplasma gondii?

• Dog

• Cat

• Mosquito

• Human

African trypanosomiasis is known as ____________.

• Chagas disease

• sleeping sickness

• black fever

• black sickness

Malaria can be transmitted by _____________.

• female Anopheles mosquito bite

• Blood transfusion

• Triatomine bug (kissing bug) faeces entering through an injury

• a and b

What is the infective stage of Plasmodium spp.?

• Trophozoite

• Merozoite

• Gametocyte

• Sporozoite

Which form of Leishmania is found in macrophages?

• Epimastigote

• Promastigote

• Trypomastigote

• Amastigote

What is the primary vector for Leishmania spp.?

• Tsetse fly

• Sandfly

• Anopheles mosquito

• Reduviid bug