'American trypanosomiasis' presentation slideshows

KINGDOM: PROTISTA

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Anti-protozoal Drugs

Anti-protozoal Drugs. Protozoa are eukaryotes and unicellular organisms. Most of the protozoal infections are due to unhygienic conditions. Less easily treated than bacterial infections and antiprotozoal drugs are more toxic.

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Cestodes

Cestodes. Taenia saginata Taenia solium Hymenolepis nana Echinococcus granulosus. Teania worm. neck. scolex. Mature segment. Gravid segment. Teania saginata Teania solium. Teania saginata gravid segment. Hymenolepis nana. Echinococus granulosus. 3-8 mm in length 4 segments :

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Other intestinal protozoa

Other intestinal protozoa. Balantidium coli Cryptosporidium parvum Isospora belli. 1. Balantidium coli. Primarily a zoonotic intestinal parasite: Horses, cows, pigs Farm workers at risk Symptoms similar to amebiasis except, No abscesses in peripheral organs. 2.

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Blood Parasites

Blood Parasites. Different stages of Haemoflagellates. African sleeping sickness. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense : East Africa, wild and domestic animal reservoirs Trypanosoma brucei gambiense : West and Central Africa, mainly human infection. African Trypanosomiasis.

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Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosomiasis. Blood and Tissue protozoa. Blood protozoa of major clinical significance include members of genera Trypanosoma ( T. brucei and T. cruzi); Leishmania (L. donovani, L. tropica); Plasmodium ( P. falciparum , P. ovale , P. malariae and P. vivax ); and Toxoplasma gondii.

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Trypanosoma cruzi

Trypanosoma cruzi. Endemic to Mexico, South America and Central America, infecting 8-11 million people there It is associated with poverty and poor housing because the insects that carry the disease can live in cracks and holes of poorly constructed houses made out of thatch, and mud

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