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2. Parasitology - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Apicomplexa - Wikipedia

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   The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia; single: apicomplexan) are organisms of a large phylum of mainly parasitic alveolates. Most possess a unique form of organelle structure that comprises a type of non-photosynthetic plastid called an apicoplast —with an apical complex membrane.

4. Parasitic disease - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Medical entomology - Wikipedia

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   Medical entomology. The discipline of medical entomology, or public health entomology, and also veterinary entomology is focused upon insects and arthropods that impact human health. Veterinary entomology is included in this category, because many animal diseases can "jump species" and become a human health threat, for example, bovine encephalitis.

6. Parasitism - Wikipedia

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   Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. [ 1 ] The entomologist E. O. Wilson characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one". [ 2 ]

7. Dickson Despommier - Wikipedia

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   Dickson Despommier. Dickson Despommier (2014). Dickson D. Despommier (born June 5, 1940) is an emeritus professor of microbiology and Public Health at Columbia University. [1] From 1971 to 2009, he conducted research on intracellular parasitism and taught courses on parasitic diseases, medical ecology and ecology.

8. Pinworm (parasite) - Wikipedia

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   Enterobius yagoi Sutton, 1979[3] The pinworm (species Enterobius vermicularis), also known as threadworm (in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand) or seatworm, is a parasitic worm. It is a nematode (roundworm) and a common intestinal parasite or helminth, especially in humans. [7] The medical condition associated with pinworm ...

9. Wuchereria bancrofti - Wikipedia

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   Wuchereria bancrofti is a filarial (arthropod -borne) nematode (roundworm) that is the major cause of lymphatic filariasis. It is one of the three parasitic worms, together with Brugia malayi and B. timori, that infect the lymphatic system to cause lymphatic filariasis. These filarial worms are spread by a variety of mosquito vector species.