False-color electron micrograph of a Plasmodium sporozoite
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A parasitic disease, also known as parasitosis, is an infectious disease caused by parasites.[citation needed] Parasites are organisms which derive sustenance from its host while causing it harm.[1] The study of parasites and parasitic diseases is known as parasitology.[2] Medical parasitology is concerned with three major groups of parasites: parasitic protozoa, helminths, and parasitic arthropods.[1] Parasitic diseases are thus considered those diseases that are caused by pathogens belonging taxonomically to either the animal kingdom, or the protozoan kingdom.[3]
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: 173–174 Not many parasiticdiseases were identified in ancient Greek and Roman texts mainly because the symptoms for parasiticdiseases are shared with...
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indicated for the treatment of parasiticdiseases, such as those caused by helminths, amoeba, ectoparasites, parasitic fungi, and protozoa, among others...
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