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Protozoa (sg.:
protozoan or protozoon;
alternative plural:
protozoans) are a
polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes,
either free-living or parasitic...
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Protozoan infections are
parasitic diseases caused by
organisms formerly classified in the
kingdom Protozoa.
These organisms are now
classified in the...
- to
their mode of locomotion. Many
unicellular protists,
particularly protozoans, are
motile and can
generate movement using flagella,
cilia or pseudopods...
- the bulk of what used to be
called the Sporozoa, a
group of
parasitic protozoans, in
general without flagella, cilia, or pseudopods. Most of the Apicomplexa...
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commonly bacterial infections,
fungal infections,
prion diseases and
protozoan infections.
Neonatal meningitis is a
particular classification by age...
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pathogens belonging taxonomically to
either the
animal kingdom, or the
protozoan kingdom.
Although organisms such as
bacteria function as parasites, the...
- infection.
Cryptosporidium is a
protozoan that
infects the
gastrointestinal tract.
Toxoplasma gondii is a
protozoan,
known for
causing toxoplasmosis...
- a
class of
pharmaceuticals used in
treatment of
protozoan infection. A
paraphyletic group,
protozoans have
little in
common with each other. For example...
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pathogens from one host to another.
Invertebrates spread bacterial,
viral and
protozoan pathogens by two main mechanisms.
Either via
their bite, as in the case...
- eat prey in
units of less than one".
Parasites include single-celled
protozoans such as the
agents of malaria,
sleeping sickness, and
amoebic dysentery;...
