protozoa

‘No Epidemic Risk in Mumbai’ Assures Health Ministe

...seases caused by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and protozoa are the most common and wide spread health risk associated with drinking water. http://www.medindia.net/patients/ waterborne/home.asp Water Borne diseases and Interactive from Medindia http://www.medindia.net/patients/ interactives/waterbo...

Toxoplasma Linked to a Protein

...eriously ill. Toxoplasma is a genus of parasitic protozoa which is carried by cats, but can also be passed on by many other warm-blooded animals, even humans. Toxoplasma causes the disease called toxoplasmosis, which in normal circumstances is not harmful, but can spark off life-threatening effects on an un...

Micro-world of Prehistoric Bacteria Found in Amber

... algae and single-celled animals including ciliate protozoa and amoebas. The scientists, led by Alexander Schmidt, from the Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, in Germany, wrote in the journal Nature: "Our findings show that different genera, and even species, of microbial taxa have be...

Gene Study Throws Up New Targets for Leishmaniasis

...d the world . Their comparison of three species of protozoa that cause most cases of leishmaniasis could be a boon for drug engineers, whose budgets for tackling this neglected disease are already slender. British-led scientists compared the genetic code of Leishmania major, which causes the cutaneous form ...

Olive-pomace Oil Compound Inhibits HIV Spread

... produce drugs for treatment of diseases caused by protozoa Cryptosporidium - a parasite causing small intestine infection and diarrhoea - and by HIV. The University of Granada has already registered almost ten other patents related to this compound's properties. Maslinic acid is also a very active compound...