6. A 7-year-old girl was at summer camp and dove into the lake many times. She complained that water went up her nose a few times.  Several days later she is unresponsive and comatose. She was rushed to the hospital. A CSF fluid specimen was collected and several motile amoeba were observed. She is most likely suffering from an infection with the following parasite?

12.  A 4-year-old boy attended day care 3 days per week. He was irritable, and his parents noticed that he had persistent perianal itching. A sticky paddle was pressed against the perianal region and sent to the laboratory for testing. The eggs microscopically observed would most likely have which one of the following morphologic features?

17. A vector that is involved in the life cycle of the parasite is called: 

10. A thick ring, large nucleus, and bands across the cell and 6 – 12 merozoites in the mature schizont are all characteristics of which Plasmodium spp.?

8. This protozoan class reproduces via longitudinal binary fission.  The parasite belongs to which category?

22. The strobila of the Hymenolepsis spp. has a unique structure. The proglottids are described as stacking and almost appear to be inserted into each other. This is referred to as:

26. This particular parasite can be causes clinical disease that demonstrates as a cough, eosinophilia and respiratory abnormalities including expectoration of discolored sputum and chest radiographic abnormalities. It is contracted by ingesting raw or undercooked crabs or crayfish. This Trematode is:

4. The cyst on a trichrome stain is from a fecal sample of an asymptomatic patient. The cyst has no evident nuclear peripheral chromatin, a large karyosome, and coarsely granular cytoplasm containing an obvious glycogen vacuole. What would be the appropriate laboratory report?

17. A vector that is involved in the life cycle of the parasite is called: 

10. A thick ring, large nucleus, and bands across the cell and 6 – 12 merozoites in the mature schizont are all characteristics of which Plasmodium spp.?