SQ4: Filarial Nematodes, Medical Entomology, Microbiology

• Diagnosis of infection with Wuchereria bancrofti is best accomplished by examination of stained peripheral blood taken during the night.
• Ivermectin, in combination with albendazole, has proven to be an important drug for the treatment of Bancroft’s filariasis.
• Loa loa adult is A small threadlike worm is observed under the conjunctiva of the eye.
• Diurnal is the type of periodicity that Loa loa exhibits.
• Onchocerca volvulus is the filarial nematodes poses the greatest risk of infection for you if you live by a fast moving river in Eastern Africa.
• Wuchereria bancrofti is the filarial nematodes uses the mosquito as its vector.
• Loa loa is the filarial nematodes is transmitted by the Chrysops fly.
• Vertical transmission occurs when an arthropod passes infective agents to offspring
• The morphologic form in the tick life cycle that most closely resembles an adult is nymphs.
• The presence of mouth parts, these tick anatomic parts in human skin is known to be responsible for severe tissue reactions and secondary infections.
• The major symptom most often experienced by individuals who have been bitten by a fly is irritated and painful bite site.
• Crab louse is the type of louse characterized by hair extremities.
• To treat lice infections successfully, eggs and adults are necessary to destroy
• Anopheles spp. are responsible for transmitting Plasmodium spp. parasites.
• The most notable symptom humans experience as a result of encounters with bugs is intense itching at bite site.
• Cockroaches carry and transmit diseases by mechanical transfer to uncovered food that affects  the health of humans.