H,H&D

The infectious stage of Plasmodium that enters the human body is

• Sporozoites

• Female gametocytes

• Male gametocytes

• Trophozoites

Identify the correct pair representing the causative agent of typhoid fever and the confirmatory test for typhoid.

• Identify the correct pair

  Plasmodium vivax/ UTI test

• Streptococcus pneumoniae/ Widal test

• Salmonella typhi/ Anthrone test

• Salmonella typhi/ Widal test

In which disease does mosquito transmitted pathogen cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels?

• Ringworm disease

• Elephantiasis

• Amoebiasis

• Ascariasis

Which of the following sets of disease is caused by bacteria?

• Diphtheria, leprosy, plague

• Malaria, leprosy, plague

• Tetanus, tuberculosis, measles

• Malaria, mumps, poliomyelitis

Asthma may be attributed to:

• Bacterial infection of the lungs

• Allergic reaction of the mast cells in the lungs.

• Inflammation of the trachea

• Accumulation of fluid in the lungs

Which of the following disease is caused by Protozoa?

• Malaria

• Cholera

• Jaundice

• None of these

Infection of Ascaris usually occurs by

• Eating meat

• Tsetse fly

• Mosquito bite

• Drinking water containing eggs of Ascaris

Common cold differs from pneumonia in, that 

• Pneumonia is a communicable disease, whereas, the common cold is a nutritional deficiency disease.

• Pneumonia can be prevented by a live attenuated bacterial vaccine, whereas, the common cold has no effective vaccine.

• Pneumonia is caused by a virus while the common cold is caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae.

• Pneumonia pathogen infects alveoli, whereas, the common cold affects nose and respiratory passage but not the lungs.

Ringworm in human is caused by:

• Fungi

• Viruses

• Bacteria

• Nematode

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

• Glossina palpalis - Sleeping sickness

• Culex pipiens - Filariasis

• Aedes ciegypti - Dengue fever

• Anopheles culifacies - Leishmaniasis