Parasitic protists cause some of the most well-known human and animal diseases such as malaria, toxoplasmosis, amoebic meningitis, sleeping sickness, leishmaniosis, and diarrheal illness of protozoan origin (e [...].

Department of Botany and Zoology Faculty of Science Masaryk University Kotlářská 2 611 37 Brno Czech Republic

Laboratory of Vector Biology Department of Parasitology Faculty of Science Charles University Albertov 6 128 44 Prague Czech Republic

Parasites and Free Living Protists Department Adaptations of Living Organisms National Museum of Natural History CEDEX 05 75231 Paris France

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