protozoan
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Giardia duodenalis is a microscopic protozoan parasite known for causing outbreaks of severe diarrhea.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025
It's a protozoan, similar to the malaria parasite.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2022
One common protozoan disease known to occur in birds, which evolved from feathered dinosaurs, as well as in people is called trichomoniasis, caused by a parasitic protozoan.
From Reuters • Oct. 1, 2022
The disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a protozoan transmitted by triatomine insects, known as kissing bugs for their vampiric penchant for biting the face and sucking blood.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 9, 2022
It is the protozoan Myxotricha paradoxa, which inhabits the inner reaches of the digestive tract of Australian termites.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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