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Microbiology lab quiz #1 2026
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What illness does Entameoba histolytida (Sarcodina) cause?
Ans: Diarrhea
How is Entamoeba histolytida transmitted? Ans: Fecal oral
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How is Entamoeba histolytida diagnosed? Ans: Cysts in feces
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What illness does Trypanosoma gembienese (Mastigophora)
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cause? Ans: African sleeping sickness
How is Trypanosoma gembienese (Mastigophora) transmitted?
Ans: Bite of infected tsetse fly
How is Trypanosoma gembienese (Mastigophora) diagnosed?
Ans: Looking for Trypanosoma in blood, lymph nodes, and
spinal fluid
What illness does Giardia lambila (Mastigophora) cause? Ans:
Giardiasis
How is Giardia lambila (Mastigophora) transmitted? Ans: Fecal
oral
How is Giardja lambila (Mastigophora) diagnosed? Ans: B. Coli
in fecal smear
What illness does Trichomonas vaginalis (Mastigophora) cause?
Ans: Vaginitis
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How is Trichomonas vaginalis (Mastigophora) transmitted?
Ans: Venereal contact
How is Trichomonas vaginalis (Mastigophora) diagnosed? Ans:
T. Vaginalis trophozoites in vaginal discharge & urine
What illness does Balantidium (Ciliophora) coli cause? Ans:
Balantidiasis
How is Balantidium coli (Ciliphora) transmitted? Ans: Fecal
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oral
How is Balantidium coli (Ciliphora) diagnosed? Ans: B.coli in
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fecal smear
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What illness does Plasmodium (Sporoza) cause? Ans: Malaria
How is Plasmodium (Sporoza) transmitted? Ans: Human to
human/ animal to human from infected female Anopheles
mosquito
How is Plasmodium (Sporoza) diagnosed? Ans: Looking for
parasite within infected red blood cells
What illness does Ascaris lunbricoides (Nematodes) cause?
Ans: Ascariasis
How is Ascarsis lumbricoides (Nematodes) transmitted? Ans:
Ingestion of water/food contaminated with feces containing
ova or fingers contaminated with polluted soil
How is Ascarsis lumbricoides (Nematodes) diagnosed? Ans:
Ascarsis ova in fecal smear
Microbiology lab quiz #1 2026
Questions and Answers (100% Correct
Answers) Already Graded A+
What illness does Entameoba histolytida (Sarcodina) cause?
Ans: Diarrhea
How is Entamoeba histolytida transmitted? Ans: Fecal oral
© 2026 Assignment
How is Entamoeba histolytida diagnosed? Ans: Cysts in feces
Guru01 - Stuvia
What illness does Trypanosoma gembienese (Mastigophora)
Expert
cause? Ans: African sleeping sickness
How is Trypanosoma gembienese (Mastigophora) transmitted?
Ans: Bite of infected tsetse fly
How is Trypanosoma gembienese (Mastigophora) diagnosed?
Ans: Looking for Trypanosoma in blood, lymph nodes, and
spinal fluid
What illness does Giardia lambila (Mastigophora) cause? Ans:
Giardiasis
How is Giardia lambila (Mastigophora) transmitted? Ans: Fecal
oral
How is Giardja lambila (Mastigophora) diagnosed? Ans: B. Coli
in fecal smear
What illness does Trichomonas vaginalis (Mastigophora) cause?
Ans: Vaginitis
, 2
How is Trichomonas vaginalis (Mastigophora) transmitted?
Ans: Venereal contact
How is Trichomonas vaginalis (Mastigophora) diagnosed? Ans:
T. Vaginalis trophozoites in vaginal discharge & urine
What illness does Balantidium (Ciliophora) coli cause? Ans:
Balantidiasis
How is Balantidium coli (Ciliphora) transmitted? Ans: Fecal
© 2026 Assignment
oral
How is Balantidium coli (Ciliphora) diagnosed? Ans: B.coli in
Guru01 - Stuvia
fecal smear
Expert
What illness does Plasmodium (Sporoza) cause? Ans: Malaria
How is Plasmodium (Sporoza) transmitted? Ans: Human to
human/ animal to human from infected female Anopheles
mosquito
How is Plasmodium (Sporoza) diagnosed? Ans: Looking for
parasite within infected red blood cells
What illness does Ascaris lunbricoides (Nematodes) cause?
Ans: Ascariasis
How is Ascarsis lumbricoides (Nematodes) transmitted? Ans:
Ingestion of water/food contaminated with feces containing
ova or fingers contaminated with polluted soil
How is Ascarsis lumbricoides (Nematodes) diagnosed? Ans:
Ascarsis ova in fecal smear
