Question

What is the best treatment for protozoa?

Answer 1

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