Module 4 Quiz

Question 1

What zoonotic tapeworm produce hydatid disease in humans and other mammals?

Answer 1

Echinococcus spp.

Question 2

Humans can be both the definitive host and the intermediate host for which of the following parasites?

Answer 2

Taenia solium

Question 3

Which mode of transmission best or most likely describes how puppies less than 6 weeks of age become infected and have a patent infection with Toxocara canis?

Answer 3

Transplacental migration of infective larvae to the fetus prior to birth

Question 4

The most common mode of zoonotic transmission of Trichinella spiralis is which of the following?

Answer 4

Food-borne transmission in undercooked or cross-contamination from infected meat