Protozoa Affecting the Central Nervous System Protozoan Disease Toxoplasma gondii associated with congenital defects and AIDS African trypanosomes African sleeping sickness Plasmodium falciparum cerebral malaria Entamoeba histolytica rare invasion of the brain Free-living ameba
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Several protozoan and helminth parasites can affect the central nervous system. In some cases the parasite may have a tropism for the central nervous system (CNS) and this represents the primary affect of the pathogen. In many cases, though, the pathogen does not exhibit a specific tropism for the CNS and affects many other organs and tissues. However, the symptoms associated with the invasion of the CNS tend to be more pronounced.
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