CLINICAL MEDICINE

MEDICINE

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ are one-celled organisms that can cause diseases, such as malaria.
A
fungi
B
protists
C
viruses
D
bacteria
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some protozoa are parasites, which means that they need to live on or in another organism (like an animal or plant) to survive. For example, the protozoa that causes malaria grows inside red blood cells, eventually destroying them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Protozoans are single-celled organisms that behave like tiny animals-hunting and gathering other microbes for food. Many protozoans live in your intestinal tract and are harmless. Others cause diseases, such as: Giardiasis.

Detailed explanation-3: -The causative agents of malaria are unicellular protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Plasmodium. These parasites infect not only humans but also other vertebrates, from reptiles and birds to mammals.

Detailed explanation-4: -What are two diseases caused by protists? Protist parasites cause malaria, sleeping sickness, amoebic encephalitis, and waterborne gastroenteritis in humans.

Detailed explanation-5: -Protozoa are microscopic, single-celled organisms. Protozoa can multiply in humans and transmit from one person to another. 10 They can cause parasitic infectious diseases like malaria, giardia, and toxoplasmosis.

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