KROK 1 2015 – Question 122 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
As an example of specific human parasites one can name Plasmodium falciparum, human pinworm and some others. The source of parasite invasion in these cases is always a human. Such specific human parasites cause the diseases that are called:
- A. Multifactorial diseases
- B. Zoonoses
- C. Anthropozoonoses
- D. Anthroponoses
- E. Infections
Hint
Think about the term that classifies diseases by the source of the pathogen, and what it is called when that source can only be a person.
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