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amoeba found in bodies of water that are slow moving
causes: fatal meningitis
mostly affects children
4 juvenile deaths a year |
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Africa (3 species)
protists with one flagellan
causes: African sleeping sickness
vector: Tse Tse fly |
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prevalent in the Americas
causes: Chagas disease
vector: kissing bug
major cause of heart disease in the Americas
< 25% contract heart disease
supposedly Charles Darwain had it
causes condition called megacolon
11 hundred year old mummy found
intestines filled with mummified food |
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STD
also causes UTI's
often in males, asymptomatic
found around the world in human pops. |
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very commonly found in water
causes: Montezuma's Revenge (gastrointestinal tract infection)
diarrhea
beavers carry it |
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causes: cryptospordiosis
diarrhea, gal bladder infections
lives really well in water |
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common vector in cats, raw meats
major player in mental disorders
lots of schizophrenics test positive |
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amoeba like protist
common cause of amoebic dysentery |
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dino flagellates
found in marine waters
when water is agitated, bioluminescent |
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Cause of Irish potato famine
Killed potato crop, forced migration
1 million died of starvation |
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Phylum: Apicomplexa
vector: Anopholes mosquito
Very hard to treat because eukaryotic, look like your cells
killed 5000 in U.S. In 1935
300 million people get it annually, 1 million die a year |
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