The sporogonic phase of Plasmodium occurs in ___________.


a. red blood cells
b. liver cells
c. schizonts
d. Anopheles mosquitoes

Which of the following is the name of the intracellular infection stage of Leishmania? __________          

a. Miracidia

b. Metacercaria

c. Bradyzoite

d. Amastigote

In malaria, which stage occurs in red blood cells? __________         

a. Liver phase

b. Erythrocytic cycle

c. Sporogonic phase

d. Amastigote cycle

The immature fluke stages that infect snail intermediate hosts are called __________.

a. metacercariae

b. cercariae

c. cysticerci

d. miracidia

Trophozoite-cyst conversion is vital to the life of __________.

a. Balantidium

b. Entamoeba

c. Giardia

d, all of the above

The patient in room 519 exhibits yellowing skin and eyes, and it is suspected among the nursing staff that the diagnosis will be some kind of viral hepatitis. Make a chart of five kinds of hepatitis mentioned in this chapter, the infecting pathogen, how the patient might have become infected, and the relative degree of seriousness.

Why are there more cases of West Nile virus encephalitis in summer than in winter of every year?

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in infectious diseases?

a. Incubation, prodromal period, illness, decline, convalescence

b. Incubation, decline, prodromal period, illness, convalescence

c. Prodromal period, incubation, illness, decline, convalescence

d. Convalescence, prodromal period, incubation, illness, decline