Syste

Protozoa n

DISEAS E

VECTOR

Trypano soma gambien ses

Winterb ottoms's sign (CDC)

Glossina palpalis (Tsetse fly)

Afrrican sleeping sickness

Trypano soma cruzi

Trypano somiasis (Sleepin g sickness ) chronic Chagas disease

America n human trypanos omiasis

Leishma nia donovani

Reduvid bugs: Rhodniu s prolixus

Kal-Azar (DumDum fever)

Sandfly (Phlebot omus sp)

Visceral leishma niasis

Lutzomyi a chagasi

MANNER OF TRANSMISSION enter the human host through mucus membranes in the nose, eye, or mouth upon release from the insect vectors.

ROUTE OF ENTRY

LAB SPECIMEN DIAGNOSIS

enter the human host through mucus membranes in the nose, eye, or mouth upon release from the insect vectors.

HOST TISSUE/ ORGAN heart and CNS.

gut muscle, nervous system

serologic test available that aids in diagnosis.

affects the spleen and liver

human leishma niasis.

Balantid um coli

balantidi asis.

swine vector

fecal-oral transmission through ingestion of contaminated food or water

Wall of the colon

Plasmodi um vivax

malaria

Plasmodi um falciparu m Plasmodi um malariae

malaria

Trichom onas vaginalis

trichomoni asis

malaria

female Anophel es mosquito female Anophel es mosquito

blood smears

Human liver

blood smears

Human liver

female Anophel es mosquito

blood smears

Human liver

Specimens from the urethra.

Genitals

Through sexual activity

Close contact with genitalia that is being infected

Pelvic exam