III. PROTOZOAN DISEASES
MALARIA
– Chloraquin vaccine
- Anopheles mosquito only female anopheles
- Quinane, a product of Cinchona tree, is administered for Malaria.
KALA AZAR (Leishmaniasis)
- Leishmaniadonovani. sandfly (Phlebotomus)
- dumdum fever
GIARDIASIS
- Giardia intestinalis (first parasitic protozoan known) . Trypanosomiasis
- Trypanosoma. Main disease is Gambian fever or West African sleeping sickness the vector of which is Tsetse.
AMOEBIASIS (Amoebic dysentry or Enteritis)
- Entamoebahistolytica
HELMINTHIC DISEASES Ascariasis - Ascarislumbricoides (Vector: Cockroach and Files) Filariasis - Wucherariabancrofti. Transmitted by female Culex mosquito - Elephantiasis Taeniasis - Taeniasolium (or pork tapeworm) Transmitted by pig.
V. FUNGAL DISEASES Ringworm - Caused by Microsporum.
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