parasitic diseases
Infections from freeloaders
Parasitic diseases are illnesses caused by organisms that live on or inside a host, drawing nutrients at the host's expense.
These include malaria, tapeworm infections, and giardiasis.
Parasites range from microscopic protozoa to visible worms, and transmission occurs through contaminated food, water, insect bites, or direct contact.
Parasitic diseases remain a leading cause of death in tropical regions.
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- life cycleOrganism's full developmental sequence
- blood parasitesOrganisms infecting the bloodstream
antiparasitic · protozoa · intestinal worms · helminths · giardiasis · parasitology · lice infestation · toxoplasmosis · zoonotic · leishmaniasis · river blindness · sleeping sickness · tropical medicine · tick bite · lice · contamination · transmission · dirty water
- African healthmalaria, HIV, cholera, tuberculosis, TB
- tropical healthmalaria, dengue, dengue fever, cholera, typhoid
- infectious diseasescholera, anthrax, malaria, measles, flu
- Bird Diseasesavian influenza, avian flu, bird flu, salmonellosis, H5N1
parasitic diseasesbacterial diseases
Illnesses from single-celled pathogens
viral diseases · bacterial infections · viral infections · fungal diseases · fungal infections
parasitic diseaseshereditary diseases
Conditions passed through genes
autoimmune diseases · congenital disorders · degenerative diseases · metabolic disorders · nutritional deficiencies
parasitic diseaseshealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · good health · robust health · clean bill of health