How Do Protists Affect Human Health?
How Do Protists Affect Human Health? Some severe diseases of humans are caused by protists, primarily blood parasites. Malaria, trypanosomiasis (e.g., African sleeping sickness), leishmaniasis, toxoplasmosis, and amoebic dysentery are debilitating or fatal afflictions. How do protists cause disease in humans? The parasites enter the body through food or water that has been contaminated by