DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2006

  • question_answer
    Chagas disease is caused by:

    A)  Trypanosoma gambiense

    B)  Plasmodium sp.

    C)  Tiypanosoma cruzi

    D)  Treponema pallidum

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis) is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and spread by assain or kissing bug (Panstrongilus sp., Triatoma sp). Common symptoms are oedema, anaemia, continuous rever and nervous disorder. Gambian fever or West African sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma gambiense and spread by both sex of Tse-tse fly. Malaria is caused by species ofPlasmodium and spread through female Anopheles mosquito. Syphilis is highly infectious venereal bacterial disease caused by Treponema pallidum.


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