The diagram shows the presence of a pathogen amongst RBCs in the peripheral blood smear of a patient. Even though the shape is very easy to identify, the structure highlighted in the circle should enable you to identify the pathogen easily. It is:
| 1. | Trypanosoma | 2. | Plasmodium |
| 3. | Schistosoma | 4. | Clonorchis |
| Group of protozoans | Example | ||
| A. | Amoeboid | P. | Entamoeba |
| B. | Flagellated | Q. | Paramecium |
| C. | Ciliated | R. | Trypanosoma |
| D. | Sporozoan | S. | Plasmodium |
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | Q | S | P | R |
| 2. | S | Q | R | P |
| 3. | P | R | Q | S |
| 4. | R | P | S | Q |
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A | Amoeboid | P | They have a cavity (gullet) that opens to the outside of the cell surface into which water laden food is steered |
| B | Flagellated | Q | Marine forms have silica shells on their surface |
| C | Ciliated | R | The parasitic forms cause diseases such as sleeping sickness |
| D | Sporozoans | S | They have an infectious spore-like stage in their life cycles |
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | R | Q | P | S |
| 2 | Q | R | P | S |
| 3 | Q | R | S | P |
| 4 | S | Q | R | P |