Category: parasitology

Total: 46 articles found.

Leishmania donovani

Leishmania donovani is protozoa causing the zoonotic infection called leishmaniasis. They are transmitted by the bite of an infected female sandfly during a blood meal to humans and other mammals.

Giardia intestinalis

Giardia intestinalis, also known as G. lamblia or G. duodenalis inhabits the intestinal tract of humans. They are the only intestinal parasitic flagellate known to cause both endemic and epidemic diarrhea in humans.

Trichomonas vaginalis

Trichomonas vaginalis is the simplest of all protozoan parasites as it has only one morphological form- the trophozoite form. Other important properties of the parasite include an anterior tuft of flagella, an undulating membrane with recurrent flagella, and an axostyle.

Acanthamoeba

Acanthamoeba is a genus of amoebae that can cause infections called acanthamebiasis in humans as well as animals.

Naegleria fowleri

It causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) which is an acute, fulminant, rapid, and fatal infection of the central nervous system.

Entamoeba histolytica

The parasitic protozoa Entamoeba histolytica causes the disease amoebiasis. It predominantly infects humans as well as other primates and is worldwide in distribution.
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