Paper I — 2023 July (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) — Q21

Paper I

2023 July (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

Name the etiologic agent of Hydatid disease and mention the definitive and intermediate host

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Answer

Etiologic agent of hydatid disease: Echinococcus granulosus.

Definitive host: dog (and other canids) — harbours the adult tapeworm. Intermediate host: sheep/cattle (natural); humans are an accidental intermediate host, harbouring the larval hydatid cyst.

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