Match the trematode with their infective stage:

Humans can serve as both the intermediate and definitive host in infections caused by:

Identify the helminth in the picture below. Specimen submitted was a skin snip, and patient symptoms were minimal, but started after a safari trip to West Africa. Patient also recalls getting bites multiple times by biting midges.

All of the following statements are true of Hymenolepis nana EXCEPT:

A physican calls the lab, suspecting their patient has an infection with Loa loa. What time would you recommend the physician to collect blood samples and why?

Eating poorly cooked infected pork can lead to an infection with:

All of the following organisms have the ability to migrate to the lungs through the circulatory system EXCEPT:

Select the oxidant and reductant: Zn + Cl2 –> ZnCl2

Balance the following chemical reaction by adding the coefficients (if the coefficient is “1”, input 1): Ex:  2H2 + 1O2 –> 2H2O C2H6 + O2 –> CO2 + H2O

The nurse clarifies that the cough mechanism is stimulated when: