Please select the INCORRECT statement regarding helminths and the diseases they cause.
A) Some helminths are inadvertently eaten with food. For example, eating undercooked pork containing Trichinella spiralis larvae is the most common cause of trichinellosis.
B) Some helminths are transmitted through insect bites. For example, Wuchereria bancrofti, the cause of elephantiasis, is transmitted by mosquitoes.
C) Some helminths are inadvertently ingested. For example, Onchocerca volvulus, the cause of River blindness, is transmitted by drinking contaminated water or eating fish carrying this parasite.
D) Some helminths burrow into people. For example, immature forms of hookworm larvae live in the soil and can burrow through human skin.
E) Sometime helminth eggs are ingested on the surface of contaminated foods. For example, pinworm eggs (Enterobius vermicularis) may be transmitted a food surface.

Question

Please select the INCORRECT statement regarding helminths and the diseases they cause.
A) Some helminths are inadvertently eaten with food. For example, eating undercooked pork containing Trichinella spiralis larvae is the most common cause of trichinellosis.
B) Some helminths are transmitted through insect bites. For example, Wuchereria bancrofti, the cause of elephantiasis, is transmitted by mosquitoes.
C) Some helminths are inadvertently ingested. For example, Onchocerca volvulus, the cause of River blindness, is transmitted by drinking contaminated water or eating fish carrying this parasite.
D) Some helminths burrow into people. For example, immature forms of hookworm larvae live in the soil and can burrow through human skin.
E) Sometime helminth eggs are ingested on the surface of contaminated foods. For example, pinworm eggs (Enterobius vermicularis) may be transmitted a food surface.

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Onchocerca volvulus, the cause of River blindness, is not transmitted by drinking contaminated water or eating fish. It is transmitted through the bites of infected blackflies.

Please Select the INCORRECT Statement Regarding Helminths and the Diseases