Bio 251 -- Chapter 23 objectives

  1. Describe Entamoeba histolytica and the disease it causes.
  2. Describe other disease-causing amoebas.
  3. Describe Balantidium coli and the disease it causes.
  4. Describe Trypanosoma, Leishmania, Trichomonas, and Giardia, and the diseases that they cause.
  5. Describe the characteristics of sporozoans.
  6. Describe Plamodium and malaria. Understand its life cycle, and how it is controlled.
  7. Describe Toxoplasma and the disease it causes.
  8. Describe Pneumocystis and its role in disease.