protozoan

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Toxoplasma gondii—a single-celled protozoan—is capable of infecting almost every mammal and bird species, including humans, and in severe cases causes blindness, birth defects, and death.

From Science Magazine

Though the idea of a mind-altering protozoan transmitted via cats is alarming, it is not necessarily harmful: roughly 30 percent of the human population is infected with the T gondii parasite.

From Salon

Researchers have found a new protozoan, Haplosporidium pinnae, in dead and dying mussels.

From Science Magazine

In 2015, ahead of elections that brought it to power, its leader said they carried “all sorts of parasites and protozoa.”

From Seattle Times

Babesia is a protozoan, a single-celled parasitic organism, carried by the deer tick.

From New York Times