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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