Question

Write down the causative agents for: a) Malaria b) Sleeping sickness c) Amoebic dysentary d) Mad cow disease​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite
• Sleeping sickness is caused by two flagellate protozoan parasites: Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.
• Amoebic dysentery is an intestinal infection caused by a protozoan parasite called Entamoeba histolytica
• The leading theory is that the mad cow disease is caused by infectious proteins called prions