KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 132 · KROK (Dentistry)
A concerned mother addressed a pediatrician with complaints of her child suffering from frequent stomachaches, loss of appetite, nausea, constipation. Feces analysis detected rounded eggs with double capsules and oncospheres localized in their centers. The child was diagnosed with hymenolepiasis. Specify the type of infection transmission, considering that the invasion intensity was extremely high:
- A. Immediate contagion
- B. Autoinvasion
- C. Alimentary
- D. Sexual
- E. Contamination
Hint
Think about how the dwarf tapeworm can complete its whole life cycle inside one host, and how this lets the number of worms grow very high.
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