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Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline , the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question but by their way of life.
It was released on October 29, 2013, by Orbit Books and is the first volume of the Parasitology trilogy. [1] [2] The other two books in the series are Symbiont (November 25, 2014) [3] and Chimera (November 24, 2015). [4] The book envisages a world with fictional parasites, where people's immune systems are maintained by genetically engineered ...
The Journal of Parasitology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on parasites published bimonthly by Allen Press on behalf of the American Society of Parasitologists. Content includes research articles, brief research notes, announcements of the society, and book reviews. It was founded and edited by Henry Baldwin Ward in 1914. [1]
Advances in Parasitology is a book series of reviews addressing topics in parasitology, for both human and veterinary medicine. First published as an annual volume in 1963, the book is now released quarterly. It is currently published by Elsevier and is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE. [1] [2] [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 .
An intestinal parasite infection is a condition in which a parasite infects the gastro-intestinal tract of humans and other animals. Such parasites can live anywhere in the body, but most prefer the intestinal wall.
Parasitology is the study of parasites in host organisms, including humans (medical parasitology). The main article for this category is Parasitology . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parasitology .
Studies in the Philippines and Indonesia found a significant correlation between helminthiasis and decreased memory and fluency. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Large parasite burdens, particularly severe hookworm infections, are also associated with absenteeism , under-enrollment, and attrition in school children.