Parasitic disease

Parasitic disease
Other namesparasitosis, parasitic infection
False-color electron micrograph of a Plasmodium sporozoite
SpecialtyInfectious disease

A parasitic disease, also known as parasitosis, is an infectious disease caused by parasites.[citation needed] Parasites are organisms which derive sustenance from its host while causing it harm.[1] The study of parasites and parasitic diseases is known as parasitology.[2] Medical parasitology is concerned with three major groups of parasites: parasitic protozoa, helminths, and parasitic arthropods.[1] Parasitic diseases are thus considered those diseases that are caused by pathogens belonging taxonomically to either the animal kingdom, or the protozoan kingdom.[3]

  1. ^ a b Baron, S. (1996), Baron, Samuel (ed.), "Introduction to Parasitology", Medical Microbiology (4th ed.), Galveston (TX): University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, ISBN 978-0-9631172-1-2, PMID 21413318, retrieved 2022-06-21
  2. ^ "Parasitology - Latest research and news | Nature". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  3. ^ Sherris medical microbiology. Ryan, Kenneth J. (Kenneth James), 1940- (Seventh ed.). New York. 2018-01-12. ISBN 9781259859816. OCLC 1004770160.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

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