Introduction to Medical Protozoology for Beginners

Aims: To introduce medically important protozoa through Medical protozoology for beginners Discussion: Protozoan diseases are still major global health problem which affect both humans and animals, especially in poverty tropical and subtropical regions. Malaria, African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and enteric illnesses like amoebiasis, blastocytosis, giardiasis, and cryptosporidiosis. Those number of global protozoa infections increases annually, and this problem necessitates further study in order to improve understanding of these protozoan which will further help medical professionals to recognize its existence in nature, its virulence and pathogenesis, how to make correct diagnosis and prompt treatments. All of those previously mentioned problems can be reveal first by understanding the basic biology of protozoa. Elements to learn consists of its complex life cycles, general morphology with specialized built in organelle, nutritional requirement, their existence in the nature and interaction with other already existed microbiota. These factors will open the perspective of scholar who want to start their academic journey through parasitic infection. Better understanding will facilitate the effort of health promotion, specific protection, early diagnosis and prompt treatment, including sufficient education for the member of the community.