Merged microscopic pictures for wet mounts smears of formol-ether fecal concentrates showing the recognized enteric protozoa. (a) Giardia duodenalis cyst (iodine stain, 400x magnification), (b) Cryptosporidium spp. oocyst (modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain, 400x magnification), (c) Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar cyst (iodine stain, 400x magnification), (d) Blastocystis spp. vacular form (trichrome stain, 1000x magnification), and (e) Cyclospora spp. oocyst (mZN stain, 400x magnification). Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoa among Saudi Patients with Chronic Renal Failure: A Case-Control Study: Hawash YA, Dorgham LSh, Amir el-AM, Sharaf OF - Journal of tropical medicine (2015). Not altered. CC.
Protozoal parasitic infections are characterized by hyperproliferation of the infectious agent living intracellularly or extracellularly of their respective host cells.
Examples of protozoan parasitic Infections include:
- African trypanosomiasis infection
- Babesiosis infection
- Chagas disease infection
- Leishmaniasis infection
- Malaria infection
