Fact Sheets
Parasite Classification: Protozoa
| Intestinal: - Amoebae - Flagellates, Ciliates - Coccidia, Blastocystis hominis |
From Blood and tissues: - Sporozoa - Flagellates |
From other body sites: - Flagellates - Coccidia, Sporozoa |
 Entamoeba histolytica |
Entamoeba histolytica has been recovered worldwide and is more prevalent in tropics and
subtropics Fact Sheet: D02, Amoebiasis - Amebiasis |
 Entamoeba coli |
Entamoeba coli is worldwide distributed and has been documented as being nonpathogenic. |
 Endolimax nana |
Endolimax nana is one of the smaller non pathogenic amoebae, worldwide distributed. |
 Endoamoeba hartmanni |
Entamoeba hartmanni is found worldwide and is considered to be a small race of entamoeba histolytica. |
 Iodamoeba bütschlii (0) |
Iodamoeba bütschlii is one of the smaller nonpathogenic amoebae, worldwide distributed. |
Intestinal Flagellates,
Ciliates
 |
|
 Giardia lamblia (D14) |
Giardia lamblia is worldwide distributed and more prevalent in children and more common in warm
climates. Fact sheet: D14, Giardiasis - Giardia enteritis |
 Chylomastix mesnili (0) |
Chylomastix mesnili tends to have a worldwide distribution, more frequently in warm climates. |
 Chylomastix hominis (0) |
|
 Balantidium coli (D52) |
Balantidium coli is widely distributed in
hoges, human infection is found in warm climates,
especially in institionalized groups with low levels of personal hygiene. Fact sheet: D52, Balantidiasis - Balantidiosis - Balantidial dysentery |
| Intestinal
Coccidia, Blastocystis hominis
|
|
 Blastocystis hominis (0) |
Blastocystis hominis is an inhabitant of the human intestinal tract. |
 Cryptosporidium parvum (D53) |
Cryptosporidium spp. Has been regonized as causing disease in immunosuppressed or
immundeficient persons. Fact sheet: D53, Cryptosporidiosis |
 Cryptosporidium spp. (0) |
Cryptosporidium spp. Has been regonized as causing disease in immunosuppressed or immundeficient persons. |
 Isospora belli (0) |
Isospora belli has been implicated in traveler’s diarrhea. |
| From Blood and tissues:
Sporozoa
|
|
 Plasmodium falciparum (Pf22) |
Plasmodium falciparum invades all ages of
erythrocytes.Onset 8 to 12 days after infection. Fact sheet: D22, Malaria |
 Plasmodium vivax (Pv22) |
Plasmodium vivax causes the primary clinical attack from 7 to 10 days after infection. |
 Plasmodium ovale (Po22) |
Plasmodium ovale is clinically similar to Plasmodium vivax, however less severe. |
 Plasmodium malariae (Pm22) |
Plasmodium malariae primarily invades the older erythrocytes. Incubation period between 27 to 40 days. |
| From Blood and
tissues: Flagellates
|
|
 Leishmania tropica (D17) |
Leishmania are obligate intracellular parasites that are transmitted to the mammalian host by
bites of infected sandflies. Fact sheet: D17, Leishmaniasis - Cutaneous and Mucosal leishmaniasis |
 Leishmania donovani (D17) |
Leishmania are obligate intracellular parasites that are transmitted to the mammalian host by bites of infected sandflies. |
 Trypanosoma brucei (D39) |
African Trypanosomiasis is limited to the tsetste fly belt of Central Africa. One of the most
economic and social obstacle to the development of Africa. Fact sheet: D39, Trypanosomiasis - African trypanosomiasis - Sleeping sickness |
 Trypanosoma rhodiense (D39) |
Trypanosoma rhodiense is morphologically indistinguishable. |
 Trypanosoma gambiense (D39) |
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| From other body sites:
Flagellates
|
|
 Trichomonas vaginalis (D58) |
The Trichomonas vaginalis infection is worldwide observed. |
| From other body
sites: Coccidia, Sporozoa
|
|
 Toxoplasma gondii (D56) |
Toxoplasma gondii is worldwide in distribution and
can affect many vertebrates as well as humans. Fact sheet: D56, Toxoplasmosis |
 Pneumocystis carinii (D57) |
Pneumocystis carinii caued an interstitial pneumonia and has been recognized in premature and
compromised infants and in patients with AIDS. Fact sheet: D57, Pneumocystis pneumonia - Pneumocystis carinii |