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Disease [1] Pathogen(s) Animals involved Mode of transmission Emergence African sleeping sickness: Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense: range of wild animals and domestic livestock transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly 'Present in Africa for thousands of years' – major outbreak 1900–1920, cases continue (sub-Saharan Africa, 2020 ...
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Blastocystis is a genus of single-celled parasites belonging to the Stramenopiles that includes algae, diatoms, and water molds.There are several species, living in the gastrointestinal tracts of species as diverse as humans, farm animals, birds, rodents, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and cockroaches. [2]
Researchers have published conflicting reports concerning whether Blastocystis causes symptoms in humans, with one of the earliest reports in 1916. [2] The incidence of reports associated with symptoms began to increase in 1984, [3] with physicians from Saudi Arabia reporting symptoms in humans [4] and US physicians reporting symptoms in individuals with travel to less developed countries. [5]
Blastocystis hominis has a multistage life cycle and is highly adaptable to a variety of host environments. [15] The illness develops when the cyst form is consumed by contaminated food or water. [16] When the cyst enters the colon, it grows into a vacuolar form, which is the key diagnostic stage usually seen in stool samples. [17]
This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them, the vaccines that can prevent or cure them when they exist and their current status. Some on the list are vaccine-preventable diseases .
Articles about diseases and disorders which affect animals also. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
Pages in category "Lists of animal diseases" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...