4 DEADLY PROTISTS

PROTIST-GIARDIA

• Is transmitted through drinking water that is contaminated
• In places with poor water filters such as Africa
• Causes vomiting and severe diarrhea
• It can be deadly if not treated and can lead to starvation because
• The protist take residence in the digestive area

PROTIST-TRYPANOSOMA

• It is transmitted by the Tse Tse fly
• Often found in sub Saharan Africa
• Know as African sleeping sickness
• The protist infects the central nervous system
• Can cause confusion, lack of control and uncontrolled sleepiness

Protist-Plasmodium

• Transmitted by the common mosquito
• Also known as malaria a very common disease in Africa
• They live inside the bloodstream, destroying blood cells
• Causes 1.5-2.7 million deaths a year
• The symptoms are similar to that of the flu

PROTIST-Apicomplexa

• They are unicellular
• Can cause diseases such as malaria
• May be hard to cure because drugs that harm parasites
• Also harm humans
• First originated in 1674