The nursing instructor is discussing helmintic infections with the nursing students. How would the instructor explain the action of anthelmintic drugs?
A) Destroy the nervous system of the invading worm
B) Act on metabolic pathways that are present in the invading worm
C) Interfere in the reproductive cycle of the invading worm
D) Cause fatal mutations in the deoxyribonucleic acid of the invading worm
B
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The anthelmintic drugs act on metabolic pathways that are present in the invading worm, but that are absent or significantly different in the human host. Other options are incorrect descriptions of how anthelmintic drugs work.
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