Which is an example of a helminthic disease?

a. Parasites
b. Blood-borne flukes
c. Influenza
d. Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob


ANS: B
Helminthic diseases include nematode diseases such as intestinal pinworms, hookworms, and trichinosis. Blood-borne flukes are a type of trematode disease.

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