Category: parasitology
Total: 46 articles found.
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cryptosporidium parvum is a coccidian parasite that causes infection of the small intestine resulting in diarrhea. Numerous species of Cryptosporidium are known to affect amphibians, fish, birds, and mammals while Cryptosporidium parvum is infectious to human beings.
Babesia
Babesia
Babesia is an intra-erythrocytic protozoan that causes opportunistic infections in humans. They are the causative agents of tick-borne and mainly cause malaria-like illnesses in domestic and wild animals.
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium ovale is the causative agent of ovale or mild tertian malaria. They also cause relapse like P. vivax.
Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium malariae
P. malariae is the causative agent malariae malaria or quartan malaria.
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum
P. falciparum causes falciparum malaria or malignant tertian and is the most virulent of Plasmodium species infecting humans. Almost all the serious forms of malaria, as well as the majority of malaria deaths, are caused by this parasite.
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium vivaxP. vivax is the causative agent of benign tertian or vivax malaria. The characteristic of this type of malaria is the occurrence of true relapses.
Trypanosoma brucei complex
Trypanosoma brucei complex
The Trypanosoma brucei complex consists of three species of parasites - Trypanosoma brucei brucei, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. They are morphologically indistinguishable.
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma cruzi are flagellated protozoa causing a zoonotic disease called Chagas’ disease or South American trypanosomiasis and commonly occurs in South American countries.
Leishmania braziliensis Complex, Leishmania mexicana Complex
Leishmania braziliensis Complex, Leishmania mexicana Complex
Leishmania braziliensis Complex and Leishmania mexicana Complex cause New World cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. The lesions may vary from a single localized ulcer in the skin to spreading lesions such as espundia.
Leishmania tropica complex
