RT Book, Section
A1 Burd, Eileen M.
A1 Westblade, Lars F.
A1 Hofman, Paul
A2 Barnhill, Raymond L.
A2 Crowson, A. Neil
A2 Magro, Cynthia M.
A2 Piepkorn, Michael W.
A2 Kutzner, Heinz
A2 Desman, Garrett T.
SR Print(0)
ID 1178394750
T1 Protozoal and Algal Infections
T2 Barnhill's Dermatopathology, 4e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071828222
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1178394750
RD 2023/06/10
AB Protozoa  are  unicellular  parasites  that  infect  millions  of  people  each  year.  Infections  are  often  latent  but  may  progress  to  active  disease  when  the  host-parasite  balance  shifts  in  favor  of  the  parasite.  Parasite  burden  (at  initial  infection  or  later),  host  immunity,  and  other  factors  influence  this  balance.  International  travel,  extension  of  vector  habitats,  and  increased  numbers  of  immunocompromised  hosts  (patients  undergoing  chemotherapy,  organ  transplant  recipients,  HIV-infected  individuals)  have  increased  the  pool  of  susceptible  hosts.