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53. This parasite is acquired by humans via ingestion of infected fish:
A. Clonorchis sinensis T
B. Taenia saginata F
C. Diphyllobothrium latum T
D. Paragonimus westermani F
E. Schistosoma japonicum F

54. Regarding hookworm anaemia:
A. The condition is due to vitamin B 12 deficiency F
B. It is seen in chronic hookworm infection T
C. Infected patient may present with pallor and tiredness T
D. Red blood cells are microcytic and hypochromic T
E. It is caused by Necator americanus T

55. Microfilariae of this filarial worm show nocturnal periodicity:
A. Loa loa F
B. Brugia timori T
C. Onchocerca volvulus F
D. Brugia malayi T
E. Wuchereria bancrofti T

56. Six months after a 2-week vacation in the countryside in central India, a 22-year-
old female patient developed irregular fever with chills and rigors, abdominal dis-
comfort with hepatosplenomegaly. These clinical manifestations are thought to be
due to an infection acquired via insect bite.
The likely organism to cause these clinical manifestations is
A. Trypanosoma cruzi F
B. Loa loa F
C. Leishmania donovani T
D. Toxoplasma gondii F
E. Trypanosoma brucei F

57. The diagnosis of this parasite involves the use of cellophane tape to recover the
eggs in the perianal region:
A. Ascaris lumbricoides F
B. Hookworm F
C. Trichuris trichiura F
D. Enterobius vermicularis T
E. Strongyloides stercoralis F

58. Mosquito is the definitive host of this parasite:
A. Plasmodium vivax T
B. Plasmodium falciparum T
C. Plasmodium ovale T
D. Brugia malayi F
E. Wuchereria bancrofti F