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what two diseases are spread by insects and caused by protists, and what protist caused each disease?

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Most protist diseases in humans are caused by protozoa. Protozoa make humans sick when they become human parasites. Trypanosoma protozoa cause Chagasdisease and sleeping sickness. Giardia protozoa cause giardiasis, and Plasmodiumprotozoa cause malaria.
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