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Zoopagomycotina are microscopic and are typically obligate parasites of other zygomycete fungi and of microscopic soil animals such as nematodes, rotifers and amoebae. [3] Some species are endoparasites that live mostly within the bodies of their hosts and only exit the host when they are producing spores .
In their Parasite Immunology article on worms and viral infections, Kamal et al. explain why some parasitic worms aggravate the immune response. [13] Because parasitic worms often induce Th2 cells and lead to suppressed Th1 cells, problems arise when Th1 cells are needed. [13] Such cases occur with viral diseases. [13]
1.4 Fungi. 1.5 Arthropods. 2 Ectoparasites. Toggle Ectoparasites subsection. ... This is an incomplete list of organisms that are true parasites upon other organisms ...
Encephalitozoon cuniculi is a microsporidial parasite of mammals with world-wide distribution. An important cause of neurologic and renal disease in rabbits, E. cuniculi can also cause disease in immunocompromised people. Its current accepted name is Nosema cuniculi. [2]
Cordyceps / ˈ k ɔːr d ɪ s ɛ p s / is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes over 260 species worldwide, many of which are parasitic. Diverse variants of cordyceps have had more than 1,500 years of use in Chinese medicine. [1]
Veterinary parasitology is a branch of veterinary medicine that deals with the study of morphology, life-cycle, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and control of eukaryotic invertebrates of the kingdom Animalia and the taxon Protozoa that depend upon other invertebrates and higher vertebrates for their propagation, nutrition, and metabolism without necessarily causing the death of their hosts.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. Relationship between species where one organism lives on or in another organism, causing it harm "Parasite" redirects here. For other uses, see Parasite (disambiguation). A fish parasite, the isopod Cymothoa exigua, replacing the tongue of a Lithognathus Parasitism is a close relationship ...
Lichenicolous fungi (1 C, 204 P) M. Microsporidia (1 C, 31 P) Pages in category "Parasitic fungi" The following 129 pages are in this category, out of 129 total.