Flashcards: Protozoal diseases

Naegleriasis, also known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), amebic encephalitis, and naegleria infection, is an infection of the brain by the free-living protist Naegleria fowleri, also known as the "brain-eating amoeba".

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii.

Babesiosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease caused by infection with Babesia, a genus of Apicomplexa.

African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is a parasitic disease of humans and other animals.

Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi.

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, black fever, and Dumdum fever, is the most severe form of leishmaniasis.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (also known as oriental sore, tropical sore, chiclero ulcer, chiclero's ulcer or Aleppo boil) is the most common form of leishmaniasis affecting humans.

Cryptosporidiosis, also known as crypto, is a parasitic disease caused by Cryptosporidium, a genus of protozoan parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa.

Isosporiasis is a human intestinal disease caused by the parasite Isospora belli.

Trichomoniasis is an infectious disease caused by the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis.

Balantidiasis is a protozoan infection caused by infection with Balantidium coli.

Amoebiasis, also known as amebiasis or entamoebiasis, is an infection caused by any of the amoebas of the Entamoeba group.

Giardiasis (popularly known as beaver fever) is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Giardia lamblia (also sometimes called Giardia intestinalis and Giardia duodenalis).

Protozoan infections are parasitic diseases caused by organisms formerly classified in the Kingdom Protozoa.

Trypanosomiasis or trypanosomosis is the name of several diseases in vertebrates caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of the genus Trypanosoma.

Blastocystosis refers to a medical condition caused by infection with Blastocystis.

Cyclosporiasis is a disease caused by infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis, a pathogenic protozoan transmitted by feces or feces-contaminated food and water.

Free-living amoebae (or "FLA") in the Amoebozoa group are important causes of disease in humans and animals.

Dientamoebiasis is a medical condition caused by infection with Dientamoeba fragilis, a single-cell parasite that infects the lower gastrointestinal tract of humans.

Microsporidiosis is an opportunistic intestinal infection that causes diarrhea and wasting in immunocompromised individuals (HIV, for example).