Parasitic disease | |
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Other names | parasitosis, parasitic infection |
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False-color electron micrograph of a Plasmodium sporozoite | |
Specialty | Infectious disease |
A parasitic disease, also known as parasitosis, is an infectious disease caused by parasites.[1] Parasites are organisms which derive sustenance from its host while causing it harm.[2] The study of parasites and parasitic diseases is known as parasitology.[3] Medical parasitology is concerned with three major groups of parasites: parasitic protozoa, helminths, and parasitic arthropods.[2] Parasitic diseases are thus considered those diseases that are caused by pathogens belonging taxonomically to either the animal kingdom, or the protozoan kingdom.[4]
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