Protozoan parasite

Layer 3 — Biologyin the parasitology subtree

Single-celled eukaryotic parasites: Plasmodium (malaria, 600k deaths/y), Trypanosoma (sleeping sickness, Chagas), Leishmania (cutaneous/visceral leishmaniasis), Giardia (intestinal). Complex life cycles often require vectors.

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