Cutaneous larva migrans is an example of?

VPH-0077

QUESTION

Cutaneous larva migrans is an example of?

OPTIONS

(A) Sapro-anthropozoonosis
(B) Sapro-amhixebnosis
(C) Sapro-meta-anthropozoonosis
(D) None of the above

ANSWER

(A) Sapro-anthropozoonosis

EXPLANATION

Cutaneous larva migrans results from larvae developing in soil contaminated by animal feces and then penetrating human skin, so it is a sapro-anthropozoonosis. The other classifications do not describe this soil-associated animal-to-human cycle.

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