_____ is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates that infects mainly in sub-Saharan Africa

. The causative agent of herpes labialis (fever blisters or cold sores), keratitis and encephalitis.

Which of the following drugs is given for the exo-erythrocytic form of malaria?

It causes hemorrhagic fever that can be life threatening.

This causes visceral leishmaniasis:

The eggs of this worm are operculated:

Trypanosoma brucei 1. Transmitted by tsetse fly (Glossina) 2. Disease - African sleeping sickness 3. DOC is Suramin sodium

This is a form of the malarial parasite that is taken up by the mosquito as it bites on human:

“Old world” hookworm

The event that correlated with the presence of fever paroxysm in Plasmodium vivax malaria is:

Which of the following is not a DNA virus

Chagas’ disease is commonly treated with Nifurtimox is linked to the ____ microorganism

This is an antiviral agent which is effective against in preventing vial protein synthesis:

The causative agent of herpes genitalis, which can be treated with Acylovir

Which of the following viruses is not a double strand linear DNA virus?

Toxoplasmosis can be diagnosed by:

Toxoplasma is probably transmitted to man by:

A structurally mature infections viral particle:

Which among the following COVID vaccine was mRNA developed in lipid-nanoparticles?

1. Pfizer/BioNTech 2. Moderna 3. Oxford/AstraZeneca

Man may acquire Toxoplasma from:

Which of the following neither lay eggs nor deposits larvae in the intestinal canal?

Dengue virus vector:

The main causative agent of COVID-19 infection:

Human rotavirus is best described by which of the following statements:

This is the drug of choice for patients having filariasis:

Visceral larva migrans is acquired by ingesting eggs of a nematode parasite of:

This is the drug of choice for patients having Ascariasis:

This is the drug of choice for all forms of leishmaniasis:

Mumps virus is biologically relating to the virus causing which of the following disease

The first pandemic of 21st century that affects almost 9000 individuals:

HIV is an example of what type of virus?

The cocktail of one or more anti-HIV medication is called as:

The Tsetse fly is a transmission factor for which of the following organisms?

Virus lack of all following organelles except:

A virus that can infect bacteria:

The causative agent of Varicella (chicken pox) in children and Zoster (shingles) in adults.

The fish tapeworm that can be acquired by eating insufficiently cooked, infected fish:

The Tzanck test is not used on which of the following viruses?

The release of this from the malarial parasite triggers the fever, chills, and sweats of malaria:

This statement is true about viral infection:

It is implicated as the cause of carcinoma of the cervix.

____ is the most common cause of all cestode infection

The activated, feeding stage in the life cycle of certain protozoa:

Which of the following is not fungal related?

Varicella is a member of which of the following viral families

Which among the following is correct about Trypanosoma cruzi: 1. Transmitted by the kissing bug (Triatoma) 2. Disease - Chagas’ disease or American sleeping sickness 3. Treatment: DOC id Nifurtimox Alternative is Benznidazole

A 5 year old girl spent a year attending school on West Africa. She returnes to the US because of poor sleeping and intense itching in her anal area. Anal swab samples of the patient would most likely contain the larvae of which organism?

ECHOviruses are cytopahogenic human viruses that mainly infects the

Definitive host of human malarial parasites:

Which of the following viruses is not a single strand linear RNA virus?

CASE ANALYSIS: It is an immunosuppressive drug, used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, a severe form of arthritis in children and sold under the brand Actemra among. It is a humanized monoclonal antibody against the interleukin-6 receptor.

Which among the following COVID vaccine was developed from non-replicating adenovirus vector, except:

It is important cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients

This nematode is acquired through the ingestion of encysted larvae present in pork meat.

The so-called “intermittent fever”:

Eosinophilic stippling of erythrocytes (Schauffer.s dots) is often seen in infections with:

This organism causes tropical elephantiasis:

Which of the following is not an RNA virus?

This is also known as the Oriental lung fluke:

The Ixodes tick is a transmission factor for which of the following organisms?

The dog tapeworm that can be accidentally transmitted to humans:

A viviparous organism:

Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites. The following statements concerning this fact are correct, except:

This organism has lemon-shaped cysts

Finding the rhabditiform larva in the stool identifies this organism:

. Filariform larva that can penetrate through the skin: 1. Enterobius vermicularis 2. Hookworm 3. Strongyloides stercoralis

Which of the following viral organism is characterized associated with Peyer’s patches of the intestines

This is also known as the “break bone fever”

An axostyle is present in this organism:

The eggs of this organism has a rudimentary lateral spine:

Which of the following antiviral agent is purine nucleoside analogue that has shown promise with lassa fever, influenza A and B and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?

The causative agent of Infectious Mononucleosis (IM) and is associated with Burkitt’s lymphoma in East African children. No drug is effective to treat the disease.

This organism is acquired by eating infected raw fish:

The first US-FDA approved drug for HIV/AIDS infection:

The presence of mammillated eggs or the large adult worm in the stool identifies this organism

The adult form of this tapeworm has only four segments:

A respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs

Canine ____ is a contagious virus mainly affecting dogs. 1. Rotavirus 2. Coronavirus 3. Parvovirus* 4. Reovirus

The posterior part of this parasite has a twisted appearance

The rat tapeworm:

Generally, infects human eating raw beef

The eggs of this worm are operculated:

German measles virus is a member of which viral family

Eggs in the 2-8 cell stage of development often appear in the stool in infections with

The sexual cycle is the

Which among the following is/are correct? 1. T.b gambiense - West and Central African trypanosomiasis 2. T.b rhodesiense- East and South African trypanosomiasis

The adult form of this organism has a whip-like anterior portion:

It is important cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients

As a rule, only rings and crescent-shaped gametocytes are observed in peripheral blood, which includes:

These adult parasites are usually in the parenchyma of the human lungs:

CASE ANALYSIS: The Filoviridae are a newly recognized family of negative-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses. Which of the following viruses belongs to this family and causes hemorrhagic fever?

This antiviral agent specifically acts by inhibiting the penetration and uncoating of viral organism”:

This is the causative agent of the so called “Leningrad’s curse”:

Entamoeba histolytica infected person will be a carrier all throughout the patient life

An antiviral medication that inhibits the replication of certain RNA viruses. It is used to treat COVID-19 in those infected by SARS-CoV-2.

Coronavirus are recognized by club-shaped surface projections that are 20 nm long and resemble solar coronas. These viruses are characterized by their ability to:

The malarial parasite that enlarges red blood cells:

The reservoir host for Balantidium coli infection:

Man is often infected by peeling water chestnuts with his teeth, which contain this organism

The presence of mamillated eggs or the large adult worm in the stool identifies this organism:

Which viral organism has a characteristic bullet-shaped, enveloped, helical nucleocapsid?

Trophozoite that resembles “old man’s eyeglasses”

Tropical elephantiasis

A specialized structures outside the cell wall that is attributed as the “virulence factor” on some bacteria:

CASE ANALYSIS: A 5-year old child presents with symptoms of low-grade fever, coryza, conjunctivitis ad koplik’ s spots. The causative agent of this disease belongs to which group of viruses?

_____ virus is spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. The most common symptoms of infection are fever and joint pain.

Ganciclovir is beneficial in treating pneumonia and retinitis, while Acyclovir is ineffective