Parasitology is the scientific study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationships between them, spanning the biology, classification, life cycles, transmission, and control of parasitic organisms. It encompasses protozoa, helminths such as flukes, tapeworms, and roundworms, and arthropod parasites, and it draws …
Parasitology is the scientific study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationships between them, spanning the biology, classification, life cycles, transmission, and control of parasitic organisms. It encompasses protozoa, helminths such as flukes, tapeworms, and roundworms, and arthropod parasites, and it draws on disciplines including biology, immunology, epidemiology, and public health. The field is of major importance because parasitic infections such as malaria, schistosomiasis, filariasis, and intestinal worm infestations cause substantial disease in humans and animals, particularly in tropical and resource-limited regions. As a journal dedicated to Parasite Research, this page is well supported by on-topic peer-reviewed work. Studies indexed here include surveys of gastrointestinal parasites in Zebu and N'dama cattle breeds on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, evidence that Bancroftian filariasis remains endemic in foci of Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt, an investigation of malaria and typhoid fever coinfection in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, an examination of domestic pigeons as potential carriers of human protozoan parasites, a therapeutic evaluation of a neem-based product against experimental Eimeria tenella infection in broiler chickens, anthelmintic activity of Acanthus montanus fractions, an epidemiological profile of intestinal protozoan infection in Dakar, Senegal, and parasitological examination of livestock faecal samples. Together these open-access articles reflect parasitology's clinical, veterinary, and epidemiological dimensions.
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