JIPMER 2005
- Exam
- JIPMER
- Year
- 2005
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Human Health and Diseases
JIPMER 2005 · Zoology · Human Health and Diseases
Which one has no intermediate host?
Which one has no intermediate host?
Options
- ATaenia
- BAscaris
- CFasciola
- DPlasmodium
Correct answer
B. Ascaris
Step-by-step solution
Ascaris lumbricoides (the common roundworm) has no intermediate host. Man acquires infection by directly ingesting Ascaris eggs having the infective second stage-rhabditoid larva, with contaminated food or water.