15.10: Protozoan and Helminthic Diseases of the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems

• 15.10A: Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)

  Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted via the reduviid bug.

• 15.10B: Toxoplasmosis

  Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii and its life cycle mandates a definitive host which are cats.

• 15.10C: Malaria

  Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals caused by various species of the protist Plasmodium.

• 15.10D: Leishmaniasis

  Leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania and presents itself in two forms: cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis.

• 15.10E: Babesiosis

  Babesiosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease caused by infection with Babesia, a parasite transmitted to human hosts by ticks.

• 15.10F: Schistosomiasis

  Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by various species of trematodes or “flukes,” which are of the genus Schistosoma.

• 15.10G: Swimmer’s Itch