PROTOZOA

MAJOR PATHOGENIC PROTOZOA, INFECTIONS, & PRIMARY SOURCES

CLASS	GENUS	SPECIES	DISEASE	SOURCE
1.Sarcodina         (pseudopods)	Infective amebas Entamoeba	Entamoeba histolytica Naegleri fowleri Acanthamoeba	Amoebic dysentery Primary acute meningocephalitis Meninogoencephilitis	Human water and food water water
2. Mastigophora    (Flagellated)	Giardia Trichomonas Hemoflagellates Trypanosoma Leishmaninia	Giardia lamblia Trichmonas tenax T. hominis T. vaginalis Trypanosoma brucei Trypanosoma cruzi Leishmania donovani	Balantidiosis Trichomoniasis African sleeping sickness Chagas disease Kala Azar	Zoonotic Water and food Human Zoonotic Vector-borne Vector-borne
3.cilophora (ciliates)	Balantidium	Balantidium coli	Balantidiosis	Contaminated water/food
4.Apicomplexan  (sporozoans)	Plasmodium Cryptosporidium	P. falciparum P.vivax P.malariae Cryptosporidium	Malaria Cryptosporidosis	Human/vector-borne Free-living/Water/food

PRONUNCIATION

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA: (en"-tah-mee'-bah his"-toh-lit'-ih-kuh)

NAEGLERIA FOWLERI: (nay-glee'-ree-uh  fow'-ler-eye) 

ACANTHAMOEBA: (ah-kan"-thah-mee'-bah)

BALANTIDIUM: (bal"-an-tid'-ee-um)

TRICHOMONAS: (Trik"-oh-moh'-nus)

GIARDIA LAMBLIA: (Jee-ard-eeh-uh Lam'-blee-uh)

TRYPANOSOMA: (try-pan'-oh-soh-mah)

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM: (krip"-toh-spo-rid'-ee-um)