Which human worm infestation are we talking about?
| I: | In socio-economic impact on the human race, it is second only to Malaria. |
| II: | The worm larva enters the human body by penetrating the skin |
| III: | The worm requires snails as an intermediate host. |
| IV: | In developing countries, it is a common cause of anaemia in children. |
1. Elephantiasis
2. Bilharziasis
3. Cysticercosis
4. Plague
The pathogens responsible for causing elephantiasis are transmitted to a healthy person through:
1. Droplet
2. Female mosquito vector
3. Contaminated food and water
4. Sexual contact
Which parasitic worm can cause lung damage and severe malnutrition?
1. Ascaris
2. Ancylostoma
3. Wuchereria
4. Clonorchis
Ringworm in humans can be caused by infection with all the following except:
1. Microsporum
2. Taenia
3. Trichophyton
4. Epidermophyton
Ingestion of food and water contaminated with infective eggs is the primary route of infection for
| 1. | Taenia solium |
| 2. | Wuchereria bancrofti |
| 3. | Trichinella sp. |
| 4. | Ascaris lumbricoides |
Adults of Wuchereria bancrofti attacks
| 1. | exeretory system |
| 2. | nervous system |
| 3. | digestive system |
| 4. | lymphatic system. |
The sites of the first, second and third moulting of the Ascaris larva are respectively
| 1. | soil, lung and intestine |
| 2. | liver, stomach and intestine |
| 3. | soil, alveoli and alveoli |
| 4. | soil, intestine and lung. |
When children play bare footed in pools of dirty water and flood water, they may suffer from disease like
| 1. | leptospirosis and bilharzia |
| 2. | malaria, amoebic dysentery and leptospirosis |
| 3. | bilharzia, infective hepatitis and diarrhoea |
| 4. | guinea worm infection, elephantiasis and amoebic dysentery |
Refer to the given figure depicting a diseased condition in humans and name the worm causing this disease.
1. Epidermophyton floccosum
2. Ascaris lumbricoides
3. Wuchereria bancrofti
4. Entamoeba histolytica
Which of the following is a pathogenic helminth?
1. Ascaris
2. Microsporum
3. Trichophyton
4. Entamoeba histolytica
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