DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2001

  • question_answer
    Gynaecophoric canal is found in :

    A)  Taenia sagginata (male)

    B)  Schistosoma haematobium (male)

    C)  Wuchereria. bancrofti (male)

    D)  E. granulosus (female)

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Gynaecophoric canal is found in Schistosoma haematobium (male) which helps in lodging the female. Schistosoma haematobium inhabits the blood vessels of urinary bladder and urinary tract. The infection of blood fluke causes schistosomasis in human being. In Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) scolex lack rostellum and chitinous hook and uterine branches are absent. Intermediate host is cattle (sheep) and buffaloes. Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm) is endoparasite. Primary host (dog, wolf, cat) and secondary host (cattle, sometimes man) Wucherena bancrofti  (filarial worm)  is digenetic parasite. Its third stage juvenile is infectious stage. It is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes.


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