Morphology
The trophozoite of Giardia lamblia is _____ at the anterior end and pointed at the posterior end
Rounded
This stage is the infective form of trypomastigotes.
Metacyclic trypomastigote
What is the insect vector of the Trypanosoma brucei
Tsetse fly
T. brucei gambiense causes what type of sleeping sickness?
West African Sleeping Sickness
Which among the given pathogen treatments mentioned that only works in symptomatic patients?
Gardiasis
A hemoflagellate that is ovoid or rounded in shape.
Amastigote
Amastigote multiplies by binary fission in the ______ to rupture it.
Macrophage
As few as ____ to ____ cysts can cause infection with Giardia lamblia.
10–100
What types of tissue does Trichomoniasis infect?
Squamous epithelium
Preventive control measures is required for this disease because there has been no vaccine available
Sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucei exists as trypomastigote form, which is highly _____ .
pleomorphic
Both Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas vaginalis complete their life cycle in how many hosts?
One (Direct Life Cycle)
Trichomonas vaginalis is primarily transmitted through _____ contact.
Sexual
It plays an important role in the virulence and infectivity of the Gardia lamblia
Variant-specific surface proteins (VSSPs)
Drug treatment for Trichomoniasis
Metronidazole
A lumen dwelling flagellate that has an undulating membrane
Trichomonas vaginalis
In Giardia lamblia, the infective stage is the _____ form, while the symptomatic stage is the trophozoite.
Cyst
_____ is the intermediate host of Leishmania donovani.
Sandfly
Pathogen that can cause Kala-azar
Leishmania donovani
Give at least one diagnostic methods for Leishmaniasis that were mentioned
Microscopy/culture of tissue sampl, serologic tests (visceral leishmaniasis), molecular methods skin lesion biopsy for cutaneous forms.
In Giardia lamblia, the bilateral symmetry is marked by a pair of _____ running along the midline.
Axostyles
In Giardia lamblia, immature cysts initially contain how many nuclei before becoming mature cysts with four nuclei?
Two
Leishmaniasis is being transmitted through a bite of a _____ sandflies which affects the bone marrow, _____ and lymph nodes.
Female, Spleen
Give atleast 1 major surface membrane proteins of Leishamania
(1) gp63, (2) lipophosphoglycan (LPG) and (3) glycosyl
A type of Diagnostic method in Giardiasis where A coiled thread inside a small weighted gelatin capsule is swallowed by the patient, after attaching the free end of the thread in the cheek
String test