MATS20921: Tissue Interactions and Biocompatibility

Pathogens 3: Parasites


Examples of parasites:

  • Protozoa
  • Gut: amoebae, Blood: African Trypanosmes, erthrocytes: Plasmodium spp (malaria), macrophages: Leishmania spp, Toxomplasma gondii, muscle: Trypanosoma cruzi.

  • Worms
  • Trematodes or flukes (schistosomes - blood vessels), cestodes (tapeworms - gut), nematodes/roundworms (Trichinella spiralis), hookworms (gut), pinworms.


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