Question

Infection of Ascaris usually occurs by

• A. Mosquito bite
• B. Drinking water containing eggs of Ascaris
• C. Eating imperfectly cooked pork
• D. Tsetse fly

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Drinking water containing eggs of Ascaris

Answer 2

Infection of Ascaris occurs in a healthy person due to contaminated water, vegetables, fruits, etc. Mosquitos bite causes malaria due to the entry to Plasmodium parasite into the blood. Eating imperfectly cooked pork causes trichinosis disease (parasitic disease). Tse-tse fly causes trypanosomiasis, on infection of the central nervous system.