Protozoan Infections

• Protozoan infections can produce a variety of symptoms, from intestinal disorders to fever and chills.
• Amoebic dysentery is caused by Entamebic histolytica, a parasitic amoeba of the human intestinal tract.
• Amoebae are usually found in the form of cysts or within body fluids, and the disease is usually passed to others through bowel excretions.
• Symptoms of amoebic dysentery are similar to those of bacillary dysentery.
• Malaria is caused by the protozoan plasmodium, which is carried by the Anopheles mosquito.
• Control of malaria comes through control of the mosquito population.
• Symptoms of malaria include regular occurring chills and fever, an enlarged spleen, and the parasite in the blood.
• Serious types of malaria left untreated produce death in 10 to 30 percent of the cases.
• Milder forms of the disease produce a fatality rate of less than 5 percent.
• Many varieties of antimalarial drugs are available, with quinine and atabrine being the best known.

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