Protozoa are single-celled eukaryotic organisms that can reproduce asexually through binary fission or budding. Some protozoa have complex life cycles involving sexual reproduction through fusion of gametes. Examples mentioned include Entamoeba histolytica, which causes amoebic dysentery; Plasmodium vivax, which causes malaria; and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which causes African sleeping sickness.
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Protozoa (also protozoan, plural protozoans) is an informal term for a group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, which feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic tissues and debris.
Entamoeba histolytica was first discovered by Losch in 1875.
It is worldwide distribution.
It is prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries where sanitary conditions are poor.
In india, it is prevalent in Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra.
It is found in the colon of man.
It is monogenetic because the whole life cycle completed within a single host, i.e. man.
Topics included :- What are protozoans; list of diseases caused by them (Malaria, amoebiasis, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, balantidiasis, giardiasis, trichomoniasis, toxoplasmosis, pneumocytosis); drugs in treating protozoan diseases
General Characters and Classification of Viruses. Includes ICTV classification and Baltimore classification of viruses. A brief explanation of the Viral structure and Lifecycle.
LUMEN DWELLING FLAGELLATES - GIARDIA
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INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED BOOK OF MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY BY K. D. CHATTERJEE
TEXT BOOK OF MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY BY PANIKER
IMAGE SOURCES : FROM INTERNET
Protozoa (also protozoan, plural protozoans) is an informal term for a group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, which feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic tissues and debris.
Entamoeba histolytica was first discovered by Losch in 1875.
It is worldwide distribution.
It is prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries where sanitary conditions are poor.
In india, it is prevalent in Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra.
It is found in the colon of man.
It is monogenetic because the whole life cycle completed within a single host, i.e. man.
Topics included :- What are protozoans; list of diseases caused by them (Malaria, amoebiasis, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, balantidiasis, giardiasis, trichomoniasis, toxoplasmosis, pneumocytosis); drugs in treating protozoan diseases
General Characters and Classification of Viruses. Includes ICTV classification and Baltimore classification of viruses. A brief explanation of the Viral structure and Lifecycle.
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3. PROTOZOANS
Protozoa means "first animal" and
refers to simple eukaryotic
organisms (e.g. amoebae).
Reproduction may be
through :
Simple cell division (e.g. the
ameboflagellates)
Sexual involving the fusion of
gametes in part of the life cycle
(e.g. the apicomplexa)
7. LETS SEE HOW IT EFFECTS HUMAN BODY?
E.AMEOBA cause of amoebic dysentery producing severe infection of the intestines
that can spread to the liver.
8. Malaria. Plasmodium
Plasmodium species cause malaria. The four principal species are P.
falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariae. Malaria means "bad air"
and dates from the time when the disease was thought to be spread from
stagnant, foul smelling water. The disease is in fact transmitted by the
female Anopheles mosquito that inhabits such environments. In the
stomach of the female Anopheles male (micro-) and female (macro-)
gametocytes fuse to form a zygote. This in turn forms a motile ookinete
that penetrates the midgut wall and develops into an oocyst within which
are many thousands of sporozoites. When mature, the sporozoites
rupture the oocyst and penetrate the salivary glands. When the mosquito
next feeds on man, the sporozoites are passed via the blood stream to
infect parenchymal cells of the liver. Here they form pre-erythrocytic
schizonts in which several thousand daughter cells, called merozoites.
These merozoites enter red blood cells to start the asexual
intraerythrocytic cycle and form new gametocytes. The asexual red cell
stages are responsible for the pathological changes that occur in malaria
(fever, chills, anemia, liver enlargement, encephalitis renal damage and
death).
9. Flagellates
These organisms have flagella in the trophozoite stage. Trichomonas
vaginalis is a common sexually transmitted organism causing
trichomoniasis infection of the vagina and urethra. Giardia
lamblia causes giardiasis producing symptoms of diarrhea and other
intestinal disturbances. Infection arises from the ingestion of cysts,
usually through contaminated water.
10. Trypanosoma Brucei
Gambiense & T. Brucei Rhodesiense :
cause trypanosomiasis, more commonly known as African sleeping
sickness. The disease is an arthropod (insect)-borne infections and is
spread by the bite of the tsetse fly in which part of the trypanosome
life cycle is completed. The eventual invasion of the central nervous
system by the trypanosomes gives rise a comatosed state from which
the common name for the disease is derived.
11. Trypanosoma Cruzi
causes Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis).The intermediate
host in this case are triatomid bugs that feed off the blood of man.
Infection results from the inoculation of the bug's feces that contains
the organism into the bite wound. Individuals who survive the acute
stage of the disease are frequently left with chronic and progressive
neuronal and smooth muscle lesions in the heart and gastrointestinal
tract.T. cruzi has an extensive reservoir in wild and domestic mammals
and therefore Chagas' disease is a zoonosis.
20. HABITAT
Protozoa are located in most moist
habitats. Free-living species inhabit
freshwater and marine environments,
and terrestrial species inhabit decaying
organic matter. Some species are
parasites of plants and animals.
21. SIZE AND SHAPE
Protozoa vary substantially
in size and shape. Smaller
species may be the size of
fungal cells; larger species
may be visible to the
unaided eye. Protozoal
cells have no cell walls and
therefore can assume an
infinite variety of shapes
22. RESPIRATION:
Respiration takes place when oxygen
diffuses into the cell, where the
food molecules become oxidized.
Waste products ,carbon dioxide and
water diffuse out of the cell.
Excretion
Waste materials in protozoans are removed from
the cell by diffusion through the cell.