Parasitology protozoa
Protozoa - answersSingle-celled, eukaryotic organisms
Protozoa - answersPlasmodium and trypanosome are in this category
Plasmodium - answersCauses malaria
P. falcipram - answersMultiplies rapidly in the blood and can cause severe blood loss in
a disease called malaria
P. falcipram - answersInfected parasites can clog small blood vessels.
Sickle cell - answersDeformed red-blood cells interfere with attachment phase so
Plasmodium have trouble with endocytosis
P. vivax - answersDormant liver stage that can activvate and invade the blood several
months or years after the infecting mosquito bite
P. ovale - answersThis can infect individuals who are negative for the Duffy blood
group, which is the case for many residents of sub-Saharan Africa
P. malariae - answersThe only human malaria parasite species that has a quartan cycle
(three-day cycle). If untreated, it causes a long-lasting chronic infection that can last a
lifetime.
P. knowlesi - answersNatural pathogen of long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques. This has
been a significant cause of zoonotic malaria.
P. knowlesi - answersHas a 24-hour replication cycle and can rapidly progress from an
uncomplicated to a severe infection.
Trypanosoma - answersVector-borne parasite that is caused by infection with protozoan
parasites
Trypanosoma - answersTransmitted to humans by tsetse fly bites which have acquired
their infection from human beings or from animals harboring the human pathogenic
parasites.
Protozoa - answersSingle-celled, eukaryotic organisms
Protozoa - answersPlasmodium and trypanosome are in this category
Plasmodium - answersCauses malaria
P. falcipram - answersMultiplies rapidly in the blood and can cause severe blood loss in
a disease called malaria
P. falcipram - answersInfected parasites can clog small blood vessels.
Sickle cell - answersDeformed red-blood cells interfere with attachment phase so
Plasmodium have trouble with endocytosis
P. vivax - answersDormant liver stage that can activvate and invade the blood several
months or years after the infecting mosquito bite
P. ovale - answersThis can infect individuals who are negative for the Duffy blood
group, which is the case for many residents of sub-Saharan Africa
P. malariae - answersThe only human malaria parasite species that has a quartan cycle
(three-day cycle). If untreated, it causes a long-lasting chronic infection that can last a
lifetime.
P. knowlesi - answersNatural pathogen of long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques. This has
been a significant cause of zoonotic malaria.
P. knowlesi - answersHas a 24-hour replication cycle and can rapidly progress from an
uncomplicated to a severe infection.
Trypanosoma - answersVector-borne parasite that is caused by infection with protozoan
parasites
Trypanosoma - answersTransmitted to humans by tsetse fly bites which have acquired
their infection from human beings or from animals harboring the human pathogenic
parasites.
