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Important Questions on Health and Diseases

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In which disease does mosquito-transmitted pathogen cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels?
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Identify correct combinations.

  Primary Host Secondary Host Parasite
A Man Culex Wucheraria
B Man Anopheles Plasmodium
C Man Musca Entamoeba
D Man Absent Ascaris
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Assertion (A): Entamoeba histolytica is a monogenetic parasite.

Reason (R): It is infected by contaminated food.

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Write the symptoms of filariasis in brief. Mention the scientific name of the pathogen causing this disease.
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Arrange the following statements in sequence regarding Amoebiasis infection:
1) The trophozoites multiply by binary fission and produce cysts and both stages are passed in the faeces.
2) Trophozoites migrate to the large intestine.
3) Excystation occurs in the small intestine and trophozoites are released.
4) Infection by Entamoeba histolytica occurs by ingestion of mature cysts in fecally contaminated food, water, or hands.
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Describe in brief the process of transmission of malaria disease.
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Match the following

  List-I   List-II
(A) Fasciola hepatica (I) Castration
(B) Plasmodium vivax (II) Kala azar
(C) Sacculina (III) Hyperplasia
(D) Leishmania donovoni (IV) Neoplasia
    (V) Hypertrophy
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Match the following: 
   List - I     List - II
(a) Cytozoic parasite (i) Lives within the cavities of the host body
(b) Coelozoic parasite (ii) Lives between the cells of the tissue and organs of the host
(c) Histozoic parasite (iii) Lives within the host cells
(d) Hyper parasite (iv) A parasite lives in/on the body of another parasite

The correct answer is:

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Study the following and pick up the incorrect statement:
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Study the following and pick up the correct combination.

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Identify the correct pair representing the causative agent of typhoid fever and the confirmatory test for typhoid.
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Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option.

  Column-I   Column-II
(a) Typhoid (i) Wuchereria
(b) Pneumonia (ii) Plasmodium
(c) Filariasis (iii) Salmonella
(d) Malaria (iv) Haemophilus
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The active form of Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite in the
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The biological agents which cause diseases called _____.
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Many diseases can be diagnosed by observing the symptoms in the patient. Which group of symptoms are indicative of pneumonia?