Table 1. Parasites and diseases.

Disease	Parasitic protozoa causing the disease	Year parasite was discovered†	Mortality (in thousands in 2010; Lozano et al., 2012 ▶)	DALY‡ (in thousands in 2010; Murray et al., 2012 ▶)
Chagas disease	Trypanosoma cruzi	19071912	10	546
Sleeping sickness	Trypanosoma brucei	1894, 1902, 1910	9	560
Leishmaniasis	Leishmania spp.	18981911	52	3317
Malaria	Plasmodium spp.	1880	1170	82
Toxoplasmosis	Toxoplasma gondii	19081923	Not listed separately	Not listed separately
Cryptosporidiosis	Cryptosporidium spp.	19071970	100	8372
Amebiasis	Entamoeba spp.	1873	55	2237
Giardiasis	Giardia spp.	1954	Not listed separately	Not listed separately

^†Year of discovery, except for Cryptosporidium and Toxoplasma, from Cox (2002 ▶). For Cryptosporidium, from Tzipori Widmer (2008 ▶). For Toxoplasma, from Ajioka Morrissette (2009 ▶).

^‡Disability-adjusted life years.