Protozoan Diseases
1. Which is the kingdom of the
parasites that cause malaria
and Chagas’ disease?
2. What is the scientific name
of the etiological agent of
Chagas’ disease?
3. Under which forms is the
Trypanosoma cruzi found in
its hosts?
4. What is the vector of
Chagas’ disease? How is the
disease transmitted?
5. What is the lifecycle of
Trypanosoma cruzi?
6. What is the incubation
period of an infection?
7. What is the average
incubation period of Chagas’
disease? What are some signs
and symptoms of the acute
phase of Chagas’ disease?
8. In the long term which are
the organs affected by chronic
Chagas’ disease?
9. What is prophylaxis?
10. What are the etiological
agents of malaria?
11. What are the human
tissues affected by malaria?
What are the main clinical
manifestations of the disease?
12. What is the vector of
malaria? How different is its
behavior from the behavior of
the vector of dengue fever?
13. What are the intermediate
and the definitive hosts of the
plasmodium?
14. What is the life cycle of
Plasmodium vivax?
15.To which phase of the
plasmodium life cycle do the
typicalchills and fever of
malaria correspond?
16. What are the main
prophylactic measures against
malaria?
17. What are other important
human diseases caused by
protozoans?
18. What is the etiological
agent of amebiasis? How is it
transmitted and what are the
typical manifestations of the
disease?
19. What is the parasite that
causes giardiasis? How is it
transmitted and what are the
typical manifestations of the
disease?
20. What is trichomoniasis?
Why is it classified as an STD?
21. What are the main
manifestations of
leishmaniasis?
22. What is the etiological
agent of cutaneous
leishmaniasis? How is the
disease transmitted and what
are its typical manifestations?
23. What is the etiological
agent of visceral
leishmaniasis? How is the
disease transmitted and what
are its typical manifestations?
24. What is the parasite that
causes toxoplasmosis? How is
the disease transmitted and
what are its typical
manifestations?