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

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

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.

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

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?

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:

Your patient is a 22-year-old male who was in a skiing accident.  He currently presents with loss of voluntary movement in his bilateral upper and lower extremities, as well as his trunk.  He has absent pain and temperature sensation in all 4 extremities; however, proprioception, light touch and vibration are normal. What do you think his diagnosis is, and which of the following tracts/pathways is still intact?