WB JEE Medical WB JEE Medical Solved Paper-2015

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    Select the correct combination (s) from the followings.

    A)  Encephalitis - Viral disease

    B)  Kala-azar - Phlebotomus

    C)  Rhabditiform larvae -Ascaris

    D)  Entamoeba - Sporogony

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

      Kala-azar a visceral leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by Protozoa of the Leishmania genus. The insect vectors are species of  sandfly of the genus Phlebotomus. The life cycle of Ascaris lumbncoides involves a single host. i.e. man. The egg fertilised eggs passed with the faeces develop into a rhabditiform larva in the soil which then transforms into egg containing the second stage which is infective to man. Encephalitis or inflammation of brain results either from a viral infection or when the bodys own immune system mistakenly affects brain tissue (auto immune encephalitis). Sporogony is a major phase of the life cycle of Plasmodium, where there encysted zygote undergoes multiple division, giming rise to the sporozoites.


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