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Protozoa: Ecological Importance and Pathogenicity A. Ecological Importance of Protozoans
Protozoa: Ecological Importance and Pathogenicity A. Ecological Importance of Protozoans
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Protozoa: Ecological Importance and Pathogenicity
Disease
Giardiasis
Description/Symptoms
Diarrheal disease; Giardia
lives as a parasite in the
intestine and is passed in
feces; mostly asymptomatic;
symptoms may include
nausea, chills, low grade
fever, epigastric pain and
Transmission
Infectious cysts are
excreted in in feces of
infected persons,
thereby contaminating
hands, drinking water,
swimming pool, and
food.
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Trichomonas
vaginalis
(Archaezoa)
Trichomoniasis
Entamoeba
histolytica
(Amoebozoa)
Amoebiasis
Balamuthia
mandrillaris
(Amoebozoa)
Granulomatous
Amebic
Encephalitis
(GAE)
Plasmodium
(Apicomplexa)
Malaria
Leishmania
(Euglenozoa)
Leishmaniasis
Trypanosoma
cruzi
(Euglenozoa)
Changas
Disease
T. gambiense or
T. rhodesiense
(Euglenozoa)
African
trypanosomiasis
or
Sleeping
Sickness
Transmitted through
vaginal, oral, or anal
sex with an infected
individual.
Transmitted
through
triatomine bugs. Other
modes of transmission
include
congenital
transmission (from a
pregnant woman to her
baby),
blood
transfusion, and organ
transplant.
Transmitted by infected
tsetse fly.
References:
Vickerman, V. (1992, July 10). The diversity and ecological significance of Protozoa. Biodiversity and
Conversation, 1, 334-341.
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Pathogenic
Protozoa
[PDF].
(n.d.).
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on
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