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When humans act as intermediate hosts for tapeworms, they cause diseases so different from those that occur when humans are the definitive host that for years they were thought to be completely different diseases. Match these larval cestode disease names to the causative organisms.

Match the following flukes with their common names.

Match the tapeworm term with its definition.

For nematodes, there are [stages] juvenile stages, and the stage that usually infects the DH (such as humans) is the [jNum] stage.

Match the symbiosis type with the effect on each member of the relationship. (0: negligible effect, +: positive effect, -: detrimental effect)

The fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (primary screwworm) is a parasite largely (perhaps totally) eradicated from the United States. How was this parasite controlled?

Write as a fraction.

Considering what you know about Shannon diversity indices please report the richness for the following community. It has 15 rabbits, 20 squirrels, 0 eagles, 2 foxes, 25 mice, and 35 squirrels.

Let’s pretend that I am an evil scientist and I want to create blindsight in a person. What location in the brain would I need to damage?

15 year old 50 Kg boy is currently in the emergency department receiving BIPAP, IPAP 14 cmH2O, EPAP 7 cmH2O with an FIO2 of 100% . ABG results indicate immediate mechanical ventilation. What ventilator settings should you recommend?