Applied Microbiology

Parasitology

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It  is a branch of biological sciences  that deals with the study of parasites and parasitism

Parasites are organisms that exist on or in another organism and survive by feeding off the host This means that a parasite is an organism which is metabolically dependent on another organism for it survival.

Characteristics of a parasite:

Reduced size for accommodation in the host

Presence of thick,resistant outer covering

Suitable shape for their hapitats

May or maynot cause disease

Parasites can effect  the human body in different ways; through oral route, skin, arthropod vectors or sexual contact

Diagnosis of parasitic diseases depends on several laboratory methods like  imaging techniques and endoscopy etc..