Blood and Tissue Protozoa: Malaria, Leishmania, Chagas Disease, and Toxoplasma — Medical Microbiology

Microbiology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Plasmodium falciparum and microvascular sequestration, hypnozoites in vivax, Kala-Azar due to Leishmania, Chagas cardiomyopathy and neurotoxoplasmosis in AIDS.

What it covers

1. 1. Plasmodium and Malaria: Complete Life Cycle and Species
2. 2. Severe P. falciparum Malaria: Cytoadherence and Pathophysiology
3. 3. Leishmania: Cutaneous, Mucocutaneous and Visceral (Kala-Azar) Forms
4. 4. Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
5. 5. Toxoplasma gondii: Congenital Toxoplasmosis and Reactivation in AIDS
6. 6. The Plasmodium Cycle as a Therapeutic Map
7. 7. Malaria: 2021–2025 Update
8. 8. Babesiosis and African Trypanosomiasis
9. 9. Reasoned Clinical Cases
10. 10. Common Mistakes and Exam Pearls
11. 11. References and Sources for Further Reading