Give the name of two helminths, which cause ascariasis and filariasis, respectively.

Question

Give the name of two helminths, which cause ascariasis and filariasis, respectively. (A) Ascaris and Wuchereria (B) Wuchereria and Ascaris (C) Roundworm and flatworm (D) Plasmodium and Wuchereria

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Ascariasis is caused by an intestinal endoparasite of human, Ascaris lumbricoides, ’ commonly called roundworm.
Filariasis is caused by filarial worms, Wuchereria bancrofti and Wuchereria malayi. Both of these causative agents are helminths.

Q. Give the name of two helminths, which cause ascariasis and filariasis, respectively.

Ascaris and Wuchereria

Wuchereria and Ascaris

Roundworm and flatworm

Plasmodium and Wuchereria

Ascariasis is caused by an intestinal endoparasite of human, Ascaris lumbricoides, ’ commonly called roundworm. Filariasis is caused by filarial worms, Wuchereria bancrofti and Wuchereria malayi. Both of these causative agents are helminths.

Ascariasis is caused by an intestinal endoparasite of human, Ascaris lumbricoides, ’ commonly called roundworm.
Filariasis is caused by filarial worms, Wuchereria bancrofti and Wuchereria malayi. Both of these causative agents are helminths.