Killer Protists
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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MALARIA
- Scientific name: Plasmodium Malariae
- Symptoms: fever, headache, vomitting and other flu-like symptoms
- Spread through mosquitos
AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS
- Scientific name: Trypanosoma brucei.
- Symptoms: fever, headaches.
- pain in joints -followed by a phase when the parasite infects the central nervous system
- causing confusion, lack of coordination, and uncontrolled sleepiness
- Spreads by flies.
Giardiasis
- Scientific name: Giardia intestinalis
- Symptoms: diarrhea and vomitting
- Spreads through water.
Amoebic dysentery
- Scientific name: Entamoeba histolytica
- Symptoms: abdominal cramps, fatigue, diarrhea, excessive gas, fever, vomiting.
- Soreads through meals or water.
