NEET2017ZoologyHuman Health and DiseasesActual
Note the following features and choose the ones applicable to Wuchereria bancrofti. I. Coelozoic parasite II. Histozoic parasite III. Monogenetic parasite IV. Digenetic parasite V. Monomorphic, acoelomate parasite VI. Dimorphic, pseudocoelomate parasite
Options
- AII, III, V
- BII, III, VI
- CII, IV, VI
- DI, III, VI
Correct answer
C. II, IV, VI
Step-by-step solution
Statements II, IV, VI are 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 hosts, one sexual in the mature form, the other asexual in larval stages. It is a histozoic parasite as it lives in the tissue outside of a cell body.