A patient from the Great Lakes area presents with vague abdominal symptoms and a macrocytic anemia.  Which cestode would be the probable cause?

Indicate the appropriate order of events in the life cycle of Ascaris lumbricoides.  Start with the step that takes place after the human ingests the infective egg.

In cases of suspected infection with Wuchereria bancrofti, the most favorable time to find parasites in the blood is:

The incorrect match between organism and the appropriate diagnostic procedure is:

Match the specimen source with the corresponding parasite that will most likely be recovered from that site.

Indicate the appropriate order of events in the life cycle of Giardia lamblia.  Start with the step that takes place after the human ingests the infective cysts.

A 44-year-old man was admitted to the hospital following a 2-week history of low-grade fever, malaise, and anorexia.  Examination of a Giemsa-stained blood film revealed many intra-erythrocytic parasites.  Further history revealed frequent camping trips near Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Island in the Northeast US, but no travel outside the continental United States.  This parasite could easily be confused with:

Leishmania donovani multiplies intracellularly in what cell?

Which of the following is a non-pathogenic member of the Entamoeba genus that ingests bacteria?

The number of uterine branches in the mature proglottid of Taenia saginata is: