Apicomplexan protozoan associated with a watery diarrhoea in children and immunocompromised adults. Zoonotic infection often contracted from contaminated water. Commonest species in humans is Cryptosporidium parvum..... cryptosporidium
Apicomplexan protozoa of the genus Babesia. Transmitted by Ixodid ticks and cause diseases such as red water fever in cattle and biliary fever in dogs. Rare human infections are recorded, especially in the splenectomised.... piroplasms
A zoonotic disease caused by the apicomplexan protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. The definitive hosts of this parasite species are felids (cats).... toxoplasmosis
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