parasitic disease
Illness from invaders
A parasitic disease is an illness caused by parasites—organisms that live on or inside a host and derive nourishment at the host's expense.
Malaria, caused by parasites transmitted through mosquito bites, is among the most devastating.
Other examples include tapeworm infections, giardiasis, and toxoplasmosis.
Parasitic diseases remain a major health burden in tropical regions with limited sanitation.
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
- scabiesMite-caused skin infestation
- helminthParasitic worm organism
- intestinal wormsParasites inhabiting the gut
- trichinosisParasitic worm infection
worm infection · protozoa · toxoplasmosis · zoonotic · river blindness · endemic · infection · public health · leishmaniasis · sleeping sickness · tropical medicine · contaminated · dirty water · fever · mosquito · jungle · swamp · giardiasis
- health issuescancer, asthma, diabetes, cholera, dementia
- tropical healthmalaria, dengue, dengue fever, cholera, typhoid
- pathologycancer, infection, tumor, lesion, lesions
- health geographymedical deserts, health disparities, geographic variation, endemic diseases, incidence
parasitic diseaseviral disease
Illness caused by pathogens
viral infection · bacterial infection · fungal disease · fungal infection · prion disease
parasitic diseasehereditary disease
Condition inherited from parents
autoimmune disease · genetic disorder · genetic disease · degenerative disease · metabolic disorder