Table 3: Zoonotic parasite etiology in the united states.
Genus Species | Disease | Pathogen | Structure |
Entamoeba Histolytica | Amoebic Dysentery [63]. | Parasite(Protozoa) | Trophozoite , ameboid, actively motile |
Giardia Lamblia | Giardiasis [63]. | Parasite(Protozoa) | Flagellate trophozoite |
Balantidium coli | Balantidiasis [63]. | Parasite (Protozoa) | Ciliated trophozoite |
Toxoplasma Gondii | Mental retardation, encephalitis, vision impairment in infant [63]. | Parasite (Protozoa) | Mature oocytes have eight infective sporozoites |
Toxocara genus T canis , T felis | Visceral larva migrans and Ocular larva migrans [63]. | Nematodes | Larvae are 400 μm × 20 μm long |
Ascaris lumbricoides | Strongyloidiasis [63]. | Nematodes | Females are up to 30 cm long |
Trichinella spiralis [63]. | Triad of myalgias, periorbital edema and eosinophilia [63]. | Nematodes | Female is viviparous and 4 mm × 60 μm |