Worksheet
Fill the table with appropriate features of the protozoal parasites listed based on the example provided for Entamoeba histolytica
No. Protozoan parasite Locomotory structure Intermediate Definitive host Habitat/site in Morphology Diagnosti Infective Transmission Reproduction
host if any the definitive c stage stage to
host humans
Tropho Cyst
Zoite (√/X)
(√/X)
1. Entameoba histolytica Pseudopodia _ Man Large intestine √ √ Trohozoit cyst Food and water Binary fission
e/cyst contaminated
with cyst
2. E. gingivalis
3. Naegleria fowleri
4. Acanthameoba spp
5. Giardia lambilia
6. Balantidium coli
7. Trichomonas vaginalis
8. Leishmania donovani
9. Leishmania ethiopica
10. Trypanosoma brucei
rhodesiense
11. Trypanosoma b.
gambiense
12. Trypanosoma cruzi
13. Plasmodium parasites
14 Cryptosporidium parvum
15. Toxoplasma gondii