MEDICINE MCQ
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Question
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Which helminth can you get from eating raw crab or crustaceans?
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Lung Fluke
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Schistomiasis
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Hookworm
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Elephantiasis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Paragonimus is a parasitic lung fluke (flat worm). Cases of illness from infection occur after a person eats raw or undercooked infected crab or crayfish. The illness is known as paragonimiasis .
Detailed explanation-2: -Lung fluke infections are transmitted by eating raw, partially cooked, pickled, or salted crab or crawfish that are infected with the immature form of the parasite.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cercariae invade a crustacean such as a crab or crayfish (2nd intermediate host), where they encyst and become metacercariae (the infective stage for mammalian hosts).
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