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The Protozoa

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Protozoans are an extremely diverse group of uni-cellular animals. As free-living organisms they are found in virtually every ecological niche, such as bottoms of the deepest marine trenches, salt lakes, edges of ice flows, and even certain thermal springs. As parasites, they infect all species of ver-tebrates and many invertebrates, in which they have adapted to life in nearly all available sites within the bodv of the host.

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  1. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Michael Katz M.D. (Reuben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, and Professor of Public Health (Tropical Medicine), Director, Parasitologist)

  2. Pediatric Service, Babies Hospital, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Michael Katz M.D. (Reuben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, and Professor of Public Health (Tropical Medicine), Director, Parasitologist)

  3. Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Michael Katz M.D. (Reuben S. Carpentier Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, and Professor of Public Health (Tropical Medicine), Director, Parasitologist)

  4. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Dickson D. Despommier PH.D. (Professor of Public Health (Parasitology) and Microbiology, Director)

  5. Parasitology Laboratory, Clinical Microbiological Service, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Dickson D. Despommier PH.D. (Professor of Public Health (Parasitology) and Microbiology, Director)

  6. Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20205, USA

    Robert W. Gwadz PH.D. (Senior Scientist)

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Katz, M., Despommier, D.D., Gwadz, R.W. (1982). The Protozoa. In: Parasitic Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0470-8_4

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