Note the following features and choose the ones applicable to Wuchereria bancrofti.
II, III, V
II, III,IV
II, IV, VI
I, III, IV
C.
II, IV, VI
Option C is correct. Wuchereria bancrofti commonly called filarial worm is a digenetic, dimorphic, pseudocoelomate, histozoic and pathogenic parasite. It is digenetic because it has two stages of multiplication in two different hots, one sexual in the mature form, the other asexual in larval stages. It is a histozic parasite as it lives in the tissue outside of a cell body.
Transplantation of tissues/organs fails often due to non-acceptance by the patient's body. Which type of immune-response is responsible for such rejections?
Autoimmune response
Cell-mediated immune response
Hormonal immune response
Hormonal immune response
Which of the following is not an autoimmune disease?
Psoriasis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Vitiligo
Alzheimer's disease
In which disease does mosquito-transmitted pathogen cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels?
Elephantiasis
Ascariasis
Amoebiasis
Ringworm disease
Which of the following options correctly represents the lung conditions in asthma and emphysema, respectively?
Inflammation of bronchioles; Decreased respiratory surface
Increased number of bronchioles;Increased respiratory surface
Decreased respiratory surface;Inflammation of bronchioles
Increased respiratory surface;Inflammation of bronchioles
Monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antibodies are produced by
T-memory cells
NK- cells
Plasma cells of B-lymphocytes
Memory cells of B-lymphocytes
The effect of cigarette smoking and radon in combination on lungs is
Fatal
Synergistic
Mutualistic
Antagonistic
