Pathology EMQ template.

Name:

Theme:

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	P. falciparum	I	P.Vivax
B	A. duodenale	J	T. gondii
C	Cats	K	P. ovale
D	W. bancrofti	L	T. solium
E	Sandfly	M	Tsetse Fly
F	S. haematobium	N	S. stercoralis
G	E. histolytica	O	C. albicans
H	T. cruzi	P	Snails.

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1.  Returning from a holiday in India, a 20 year old backpacker experiences cyclic fevers, rigors, haematuria, and eventually dies.

 

2. A 54 year old banker, who prefers his steak rare, has experienced upper abdominal discomfort, diarrhoea, and loss of appetite for a number of years. However, recently, he has developed seizures.

 

3. A Ugandan native is found to have gross swelling of his lower limbs and external genitalia. 

 

 

4. Cats are definitive hosts.

 

 

5. Transmits the “Sleeping Sickness”.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1.  A

2.  L

3. D

4. J

5. M