Human Disease
Some protozoa are human parasites, causing diseases. Examples of human diseases caused by protozoa:
- Malaria
- Amoebiasis
- Giardiasis
- Toxoplasmosis
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Trichomoniasis
- Chagas disease
- Leishmaniasis
- Sleeping Sickness
- Dysentery
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