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Do Protozoa cause disease?
Protozoan parasites can cause infectious diseases in humans and animals that can be fatal. Some of these are Toxoplasmosis, Trypanosomiasis, and Giardia.
Can parasites cause pneumonia?
Yes
Why do parasites in harm but not kill their host?
By definition a parasite is harmful. Any number of diseases that you can think of caused by bacteria, viruses, worms, lice or amoebae are parasites. Their job is not to live with you but to use you as a source of food and to make more parasites like themselves. Some parasites do live a long time on you or in you but they always cause harm.
Why do viruses not cause decay?
Because they are obligate parasites
How dangerous are parasites?
Parasites are very dangerous. They can cause sicknesses. A parasite is a host which is a living organism that lives and eats off of another organism to live. Tapeworms are considered parasites because they feed off of all the food that enters your intestines. Some parasites, like tapeworms, can, accidentally, cause death.
What is one example of a animal disease?
Worms is one disease, where internal parasites get inside the animal and can cause illness, poor performance and occasionly death.
Which type of limiting factor includes disease and parasites?
Wich type of limiting factor are disease and parasites
Certain parasites alveolates cause human diseases including a.lyme disease b.malaria c.trichomoniasis d.amoebic dysentery?
b
Are mites a vector transmitted disease?
No. Mites are parasitic arthropods. They are external parasites, meaning that they do not penetrate the body. They may cause an infestation, but not a disease (or an infection). However, they can be vectors of disease, such as typhus and rickettsialpox.
Can parasites cause viruses?
Parasites can carry and transmit viruses, but they do not "cause" them.
What disease does plasmodiom cause?
Malaria is caused by plasmodium, which is a genus of Apicomplexan parasites. It is the number one cause of death in the world by an animal, or animal transmission, in this case the mosquito.
Do Protozoa cause disease?
Protozoan parasites can cause infectious diseases in humans and animals that can be fatal. Some of these are Toxoplasmosis, Trypanosomiasis, and Giardia.
Is lice a childhood disease?
No, lice are parasites and anyone can get them.
Is elephantiasis contagious?
No it is not. Elephantiasis is caused by microscopic thread-like parasitic worms which are transmitted by mosquitoes. Therefore, it is impossible for an individual to become infected with elephantiasis when they are in close contact with other infected individuals.Elephantitis is actually caused by a parasite. The disease is not considered contagious but the parasites that cause it can be spread. The parasite or worms can be spread by mosquitoes but having the parasite alone will not cause the disease. The disease is caused by the parasites blocking glands in the lymphatic system of the human body.
Is it true that many protozoa are parasites and cause disease such as malaria amoebic dysenteryand African sleeping sickness?
All the diseases, which are mentioned above are caused by protozoa.
Why cleanness is important?
if it is not clean there are parasites in it and when you ingest these they cause ailments and various diseases. this is why in poor countries with no clean drinking water more people die of disease.
Can parasites cause pneumonia?
Yes
