Please Select the INCORRECT Statement Regarding Helminths and the Diseases

question 46

Multiple Choice

Please select the INCORRECT statement regarding helminths and the diseases they cause.

• A) Some helminths are inadvertently eaten with food. For example, eating undercooked pork containing Trichinella spiralis larvae is the most common cause of trichinellosis.
• B) Some helminths are transmitted through insect bites. For example, Wuchereria bancrofti, the cause of elephantiasis, is transmitted by mosquitoes.
• C) Some helminths are inadvertently ingested. For example, Onchocerca volvulus, the cause of River blindness, is transmitted by drinking contaminated water or eating fish carrying this parasite.
• D) Some helminths burrow into people. For example, immature forms of hookworm larvae live in the soil and can burrow through human skin.
• E) Sometime helminth eggs are ingested on the surface of contaminated foods. For example, pinworm eggs (Enterobius vermicularis) may be transmitted a food surface.

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