Which of the following is NOT a water borne parasite: March 2013: (A) Ascariasis, (B) Enterobius, (C) Giardiasis, (D) Strongyloides
Answer is D. Ans. D i.e. Strongyloides Mode of infection/ entrance of strongyloides stercoralis into the host occurs when a man walks bare-foot on the faecally contaminated soil. The filariform larvae penetrate directly through the skin coming in contact with the soil.