What is the correct order of the lifecycle of this parasite?

adult - egg - coracidium - procercoid - plerocercoid

adult - coracidium - egg - procercoid - plerocercoid

adult - egg - pleurocercoid - procercoid - coracidium

What is a coracidium in the lifecycle?

ciliated stage hatches out of egg

develops in tadpole that metamorphoses into frog and survives by ingestion by paratenic hosts

Praziquantel (4 times normal dose)

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1What is the correct order of the lifecycle of this parasite?
1. Aadult - egg - coracidium - procercoid - plerocercoid
2. Badult - coracidium - egg - procercoid - plerocercoid
3. Cadult - egg - pleurocercoid - procercoid - coracidium
2What is a coracidium in the lifecycle?
1. Aciliated stage hatches out of egg
2. Bdevelops hemocoel of copepd
3. Cdevelops in tadpole that metamorphoses into frog and survives by ingestion by paratenic hosts
3What diagnostics tests are used?
1. ASedimentation technique
2. BPCR
3. CELISA
4. DZinc sulfate fecal float
4What treatment is administered to control infection?
1. APraziquantel (one off dose)
2. BPraziquantel (4 times normal dose)
3. CIvermectin (one off dose)
4. DMite/flea treatment