1. Intestine
Amebiasis (Amebic dysentery, Amebic colitis,
Amebic appendicitis, Ameboma)
Entamoeba
histolytica Balantidiasis (Balantidial
dysentery, Ciliary dysentery)
Balantidium
coli Cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidium
parvum Giardiasis
Giardia lamblia Isosporiais
Isospora
belli
2. Liver and biliary tree
Amebic liver abscess
Entamoeba
histolytica Giardiasis
Giardia lamblia Visceral
leishmaniasis (Kala-azar, Black fever, Black
sickness, Dum-Dum fever, Leishmania donovani,
L. infantum, L. chagasi)
Visceral
Leishmania
3. Heart and muscle
Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis)
Trypanosoma cruzi
4. Central nervous system (CNS)
African sleeping sickness Mid-African
trypanosomiasis
Trypanosoma gambiense East-African
trypanosomiasis
Trypanosoma rhodesiense Amebic brain
abscess
Entamoeba histolytica Cerebral
malaria
Plasmodium falciparum Cerebral
toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasma gondii Chagas'
disease (American trypanosomiasis)
Trypanosoma cruzi Naegleria meningoencephalitis
(Primary amebic meningoencephalitis)
Naegleria fowleri
5. Lung
Amebic lung abscess
Entamoeba
histolytica Pneumocystosis (Pneumocystis
carinii pneumonia)
Pneumocystis carinii
6. Genitourinary organ
Trichomoniasis
Trichomonas vaginalis
7. Skin
Cutaneous amebiasis
Entamoeba
histolytica Cutaneous leishmaniasis (Leishmania
tropica, L. major, L. mexicana, L. braziliensis,
L. aethiopica, L. amazonensis)
Cutaneous Leishmania
8. Eyes
Acanthamoeba keratitis
Acanthamoeba
species Ocular toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma
chorioretinitis)
Toxoplasma gondii
9. Blood, bone marrow, lymphatics and
spleen
African sleeping sickness (= African
trypanosomiasis)
Trypanosoma gambiense,
T. rhodesiense Babesiosis
Babesia
microti, B. bigemina Chagas' disease
(American trypanosomiasis)
Trypanosoma
cruzi Malaria (1) Falciparum
malaria (Malignant malaria) Plasmodium falciparum (2)
Ovale malaria Plasmodium ovale (3) Quartan malaria
Plasmodium malariae (4) Vivax malaria
(= Tertian malaria) Plasmodium vivax Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasma gondii Viseral leishmaniasis
(Kala-azar, Black fever, Black sickness,
Dum-Dum fever, Leishmania donovani)
Visceral leishmania
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