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Which of the following is the most sensitive diagnostic test to detect current schistosomiasis?

KATO KATZ METHOD

Which antigen may be detected by available rapid diagnostic tests for malarial diagnosis?

HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN-2LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE

Which diagnostic test detects antibodies for Schistosoma japonicum egg antigen?

SJ-URIDIP

Which of the following parasitic organisms is not associated with immunocompromised human hosts?

A. Schistosomiasis


B. Strongyloidiasis


C. Cryptosporidiosis


D. None of those mentioned

SCHISTOSOMIASIS.


-Both Strongyloides stercoralis & Cryptosporidium parvum causes INTERNAL AUTOINFECTION in immunocompromised hosts

Which of the following has been shown to be associated with cholangiocarcinoma?

OPISTORCHIS FELINEUS

A known paratenic host of Paragonimus westermani?

PIGS

Intermediate host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis?

SNAIL

Which of the following malarial parasite has the longest incubation period?

PLASMODIUM MALARIAE

Which of the following is the most morphologically similar to Entamoeba histolytica?

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR

Intestinal pathology of amebiasis can be described as?

FLASK-SHAPED ULCER

The most common site of extraintestinal amebic pathology is the?

RIGHT LOBE OF THE LIVER

Bloody diarrhea can be a clinical feature of infection with the following, except?

A. Giardia lamblia


B. Shigella


C. Entamoeba histolytica


D. None of those mentioned

GIARDIA LAMBLIA

Extraintestinal pathology may occur in?

A. Giardia lamblia


B. Cryptosporidium


C. Entamoeba histolytica


D. None of those mentioned

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA

Strawberry cervix & pingpong disease may be clinical feature of this infection?

TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS

Malabsorption & steatorrhea (fatty stools) may be clinical features of this infection?

GIARDIA LAMBLIA

Infective stage of Trichomonas vaginalis?

TROPHOZOITE – no cyst stage

Which of the following organisms has cilia?

BALANTIDIUM COLI

Which of the following organisms has a pseudopodium?

ENTAMOEBA

Giardia lamblia has how many pairs of flagella?

4

The following are true statements about Giardia and giardiasis, except?

A. Giardia can result in alterations in the intestinal villi


B. The mature Giardia cyst has two nuclei


C. Safe food and drinking are the primary strategies for prevention of Giardiasis

THE MATURE GIARDIA CYST HAS TWO NUCLEIMATURE CYST: 4 NUCLEIIMMATURE CYST: 2 NUCLEI

The following are true statements about Entamoeba, except?

A. Both Entamoeba dispar & Entamoeba histolytica can result in asymptomatic infections


B. Trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica are more commonly found in diarrheic stools than in formed stools


C. Microscopy is the diagnostic method of choice in differentiating pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica and non-pathogenic Entamoeba dispar


D. None of those mentioned

MICROSCOPY IS THE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD OF CHOICE IN DIFFERENTIATING PATHOGENIC E. HISTOLYTICA AND NON-PATHOGENIC E. DISPAR

The stage of development of Toxoplasma gondii that is present in cat feces is?

OOCYST

Which of the following has the most number of merozoites in its schizont form?

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM

The parasite that is detected by acid fast stained fecal smear is?

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM and other coccidians

The parasite that causes encephalitis & death in HIV-AIDS patients is?

TOXOPLASMA GONDII

Which are the best staining procedures for Naegleria & Acanthamoeba?

H&E STAINING

RBCS and WBCS in stool specimens are characteristics of?

BACILLARY DYSENTERY

Amebae inhabiting the CNS enter the body through the?

NASAL MUCOSA

Which of the following is the intracellular form of blood & tissue flagellates?

LEISHMANIAL

Which of the following is the cause (vector) of African Sleeping Sickness?

TSETSE FLY (GLOSSINA SPP.)

Which species of Trypanosoma is the cause of Chaga’s Disease?

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI

The extracellular form of Trypanosoma is a slender organism characterized by an undulating membrane and a free flagellum that arise?

POSTERIORLY FROM THE KINETOPLAST

Which organism is the cause of Kala-azar?

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI

In the laboratory diagnosis of Leishmania donovani, which is the preferred specimen in which to find Leishman-Donovan bodies?

BONE MARROW

A very large cyst whose double wall encloses a ciliated organism with one visible nuclei would be?

BALANTIDIUM COLI – acquired by accident by man, since it customarily infects swine

The malarial organism whose schizont resembles as “fruit pie” in which the merozoite forms a rosette around the malarial pigment is?

PLASMODIUM MALARIAE

A gametocyte of Plasmodium falciparum can be differentiated from that of other malarial species by?

SHAPE

In which type of malaria can Ziemann’s stippling be found?

PLASMODIUM MALARIAE


Malariae – Ziemann’s (Manila Zoo)


Ovale – James’ (Orange Juice)


Vivax – Schuffner’s (Vilma Santos)


Falciparum – Maurer’s (Ferdinand Marcos)

Which malarial organism features ring trophozoites that have double chromatin dots, applique forms, and often have multiple parasites in the infected RBCs?

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM

What is the infective stage of the malarial parasite to the vector?

GAMETOCYTES


GAMETOCYTES: man → mosquito SPOROZOITES: mosquito → man

Which haemoglobin is incompatible with malarial parasite survival?

HB-SS (SICKLE CELL ANEMIA)

What stage of Isosporas is infective to human?

OOCYST

What constitutes a positive result in the Sabin-Feldman dye test?

TOXOPLASMA LOSES ITS AFFINITY FOR METHYLENE BLUE DYE SABIN-FELDMAN METHYLENE BLUE DYE TEST • Gold standard • Principle : NEUTRALIZATION REACTION

Which of the following tests is used for the detection of Cryptosporidium?

SHEATHER’S SUGAR FLOATAION

Which operculated ovum contains a miracidium and can appear in sputum, often accompanied by blood & Charcot-Leyden crystals?

PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI

Which of the Schistosome eggs may be recovered in rectal biopsy?

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI

Which of the following worms have and oral and ventral sucker in the adult stage?

TREMATODES/FLUKES

Which of the following are hermaphroditic?

TREMATODES/FLUKES


CESTODES/TAPEWORMS

Which of the following is the first intermediate host of the flukes?

SNAIL

Which tapeworm proglottid makes its way across the fecal specimen by doubling movements, and is seen under the microscope to have numerous regular uterine branches (more than 15) resembling those of a tree?

TAENIA SAGINATA