The following symptoms: constipation, abdominal pain, cramps, stools with excess mucous and blood clots; belong to which category?
1. Amoebiasis
2. Malaria
3. Filariasis
4. Pneumonia
Entamoeba histolytica is transmitted through
1 Insect bite
2 Bird droppings
3 Sweat
4 Food or water contaminated with faecal matter
Which of the following protozoan disease is spread by housefly transmitting parasite from faeces of infected person to food and food products?
1. Amoebiasis
2. Ascariasis
3. Filariasis
4. Ringworms
Choose the incorrect match with respect to disease, pathogen and its symptoms
Disease | Pathogen | Symptoms | |
1. | Amoebiasis | Entamoeba coli | Internal bleeding Blockage of intestinal passage |
2. | Filariasis | Wuchereria bancrofti | Swelling of lymphatic vessels of lower limbs |
3. | Malaria | Plasmodium falciparum | High fever with chills recurring every three days |
4. | Pneumonia | Haemophilus influenzae | Fever, cough, headache, alveoli filled with fluid |
Amoebiasis or amoebic dysentery is caused by
1. Entamoeba histolytica, a protozoan parasite in the small intestine
2. Escherichia coli, a protozoan parasite in the small intestine
3. Entamoeba histolytica, a protozoan parasite in the large intestine
4. Escherichia coli, a protozoan parasite in the large intestine
Which of the following cannot be the parasites of intestine?
(1) Tapeworm
(2) Pinworm
(3) Virus
(4) Threadworm
As the housefly is related with Entamoeba histolytica, Aedes mosquito is related with
1 Filariasis
2 Dengue
3 Virus
4 Plasmodium