Protozoal Diseases: INTRODUCTION

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There are different kinds of parasites: exoparasites and endoparasites.

ENDOPARASITES : Protozoa ( single celled / unicellular ) mostly in gi tract.

helminths - multicellular parasitic worms >>( list below)

Cestodes- intermediate host through FLEA , all of them are tape worms , segments get shed out through stool

nematodes- most common, round worms/ long like ( whipworm, hookworm, heart worm)

trematodes- flukes ( part of life cycle in mollusk, then it infects other species)

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