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What is the best treatment for protozoa?


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Protozoa:

  1. They are unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms.

Some of the stages in their life cycles are infectious.

  1. Cyst stage: Dormant and resistant to environmental stress
  2. Trophozoite stage: Reproductive and causes disease

Many protozoans cause various diseases in animals and humans. For example:

  1. Plasmodium: malarial parasite
  2. Trypanosoma: sleeping sickness
  3. Trichomonas: trichomoniasis

Treatment for protozoan infections:

  1. To treat malaria: chloroquine and mefloquine
  2. To treat trichomoniasis: Metronidazole


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