Of the four groups of infectious protozoa (CDC, 2017), the Mastigophora (flagellates) and Sporozoa contain the Kinetoplastidae and Apicomplexa, respectively. It is to these two phyla that belong many of the causative agents of disease: Mastigophora – the insect vector-borne kinetoplastids Trypanosoma brucei (Human African Trypanosomiasis, HAT), Leishmania spp. (leishmaniasis, cutaneous and visceral) and Trypanosoma cruzi (American trypanosomiasis, Chagas’ disease); Sporozoa – the apicomplexan Toxoplasma gondii (toxoplasmosis), Cryptosporidium spp. (cryptosporidiosis) and Eimeria spp. (coccidiosis in poultry and cattle), Theileria spp. (East Coast Fever in cattle) and Plasmodium spp., including Plasmodium falciparum the causative agent of severe malaria and one of the ‘Big Three’ global infectious diseases alongside HIV and tuberculosis (Torgerson & Macpherson, 2011).