Parasitology

Parasitology

The study of parasites.

Contributors in Parasitology

Parasitology

Infection superimposed upon an existing infection by the same parasite in which the parasite reaches high numbers. The term usually refers to internal autoinfection e.g. strongyloidiasis, oxyuriasis ...

infected source

Biology; Parasitology

An animal or plant (an intermediate host) in which a parasite has established an infection and can act as the source of infection for another host. Cattle infected with the cysticerci of Taenia ...

infection

Biology; Parasitology

Containing the property of producing infection. Invasion of a host (tissues or cells) resulting in injury and reaction to that injury, i.e. disease.

infective stage

Biology; Parasitology

That stage in the life cycle of a parasite during which it is capable of producing infection.

infestation

Biology; Parasitology

The term is usually applied to ectoparasites and describes a host/parasite relationship in which the parasite lives on the surface of the host. In some instances, e.g. scabies, the parasite may ...

infested source

Biology; Parasitology

A source of the infective stage of a parasite when that stage is essentially free-living, e.g. cercariae of schistosomes that infest water (swim about freely outside of the host) are capable of ...

inner shell

Biology; Parasitology

Eggs of some helminths have an inner and an outer shell, e.g. Hymenolepis nana. Ascaris eggs have an outer mammillated coat (the cortex) that covers the thick hyaline shell.