Parasitology Laboratory

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Please identify yourself

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        Please answer the following multiple choice questions

1. Taenia solium is passed from the secondary host to humans by

Eating ground squirrel brains
Eating undercooked pork
Drinking feces-contaminated water 
Wading in snail-infected streams

2. Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of

African sleeping sickness
Delhi boil
Leishmaniasis 
Chagas' disease
 
 
3. Trypansoma brucei causes disease in
         
Other:

 

For the following questions, please write no more than 25 words

4. Please write a short description of the life cycle of Trichuris trichiura (whipworm):

   

5. Please write a short description of the life cycle of Taenia solium:

 
6. Please identify the organism shown in this picture and describe its life cycle:

 
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