FINAL PART 2

Which parasite can you acquire from eating raw or undercooked beef?

• Taenia solium

• Taenia saginata

• Diphyllobothrium latum

• Toxoplasma gondii

A vegetarian who gardens with bare hands may be at risk for which parasite?

• Ascaris lumbricoides

• Taenia solium

• Trichinella spiralis

• Leishmania donovani

What is the infective stage for the mosquito vector in the Plasmodium life cycle?

• Sporozoite

• Trophozoite

• Merozoite

• Gametocyte

What is the most sensitive test for detecting Entamoeba histolytica?

• Wet mount

• Trichrome stain

• Stool antigen test or PCR

• Culture

Which stain is best used to detect Cryptosporidium parvum in stool?

• Trichrome

• Giemsa

• Kinyoun acid-fast

• Iodine

What is the diagnostic stage of Strongyloides stercoralis?

• Filariform larva

• Adult worm

• Rhabditiform larva

• Embryonated egg

Which larval stage of Strongyloides has a short buccal cavity and prominent genital primordium?

• Filariform

• Rhabditiform

Which microfilaria is unsheathed and found in skin snips?

• Loa loa

• Onchocerca volvulus

• Wuchereria bancrofti

• Brugia malayi

Which parasite’s trophozoite exhibits directional motility?

• Giardia lamblia

• Entamoeba histolytica

• Trichomonas vaginalis

• Balantidium coli

What is the most sensitive method to detect Strongyloides in asymptomatic individuals?

• Wet mount

• Serology

• O&P x3

• Acid-fast stain