Parasitic diseases Parasitic diseases Acariasis is an infection with mites. Examples include scabies and chiggers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acariasis"
Actinomycetoma is a disease affecting the skin and connective tissue. It is a form of Mycetoma. ...more on Wikipedia about "Actinomycetoma"
Amoebiasis is infection by a protozoan, typically Entamoeba histolytica. It is usually contracted by ingesting water or food contaminated by amoebic cysts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amoebiasis"
Ascariasis is a debilitating human disease caused by the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides; other species of Ascaris are parasitic in domestic animals (see Nematode). Perhaps as many as one quarter of the world's people are infected, but ascariasis is particularly prevalent in tropical regions and in areas of poor hygiene. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ascariasis"
Babesiosis is a rare malaria-like parasitic disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Babesia, which belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa. While more than 100 species have been reported, only a few have been identified as causing human infections. Babesia microti and Babesia divergens have been identified in most human cases, but variants (considered different species) have been recently identified. The protozoan was first identified in 1888 by Romanian biologist, Victor Babeş, after whom the genus is named. Little is known about the occurrence of Babesia species in malaria-endemic areas where Babesia can easily be misdiagnosed as Plasmodium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Babesiosis"
Blackhead disease is an avian disease that affects chickens, turkeys and other poultry. It is a commercially important disease. The protozoan parasite histomonas meleagridis is a cause of the disease. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blackhead disease"
Brachylaimiasis is a parasitic disease caused by Trematoda worms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brachylaimiasis" Things Go Better with shortopedia.
Candidiasis, commonly called yeast infection or thrush, is a fungal infection of any of the Candida species, of which Candida albicans is probably the most common. ...more on Wikipedia about "Candidiasis"
Chagas disease (also called American trypanosomiasis) is a human tropical parasitic disease which occurs in the Americas, particularly in South America. Its pathogenic agent is a flagellate protozoan named Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to humans and other mammals mostly by hematophagous insects of the subfamily Triatominae (Family Reduviidae). Those insects are known by numerous common names varying by country, including assassin bug, benchuca, vinchuca, kissing bug, chipo, barbeiro, et cetera. The most common insect species belong to the genera Triatoma, Rhodnius, and Panstrongylus. Other forms of transmission are possible, though, such as ingestion of food contaminated with parasites, blood transfusion and fetal transmission. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chagas disease"
Clonorchiasis is an infectious disease caused by the Chinese liver fluke, Clonorchis sinesis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clonorchiasis"
Coccidiosis is a major poultry disease caused by two parasites, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria tenella. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coccidiosis"
Cryptosporidiosis is a parasitic disease affecting the intestines of mammals that is caused by Cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite in the phylum Apicomplexa. It is a disease spread through the fecal-oral route; the main symptom is self-limiting diarrhea in people with intact immune system. In immunocompromised individuals, such as AIDS patients, infection can cause permanent & life-threatening diarrhea. Despite not being identified until 1976 it is one of the most common waterborne diseases and is found worldwide. The disease and parasite name are sometimes abbreviated to just Crypto. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cryptosporidiosis"
Cystercosis is a rare and recently recognized disease that affects the human nervous system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cystercosis"
Diphyllobothriasis is caused by the infestation of tapeworms, of the genus Diphyllobothrium. The principal species causing Diphyllobothriasis is Diphyllobothrium latum, known as the broad or fish tapeworm, or broad fish tapeworm. D. latum is the longest tapeworm in humans, averaging ten meters long. Adults can shed up to a million eggs a day. D. latum is a pseudophyllid cestode that infects fish and mammals. It is morphologically very similar to other members of the genus Diphyllobothrium, but can sometimes be distinguished by host. Even this is not always possible, as there have been twelve other species of this genus reported to infect humans, especially Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (the salmon tapeworm), which has a much larger range (the whole northern hemisphere). D. latum is endemic to Scandinavia, western Russia, and the Baltics, though it is now also present in North America, especially the Pacific Northwest. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diphyllobothriasis"
Dracunculiasis, more commonly known as Guinea Worm Disease (GWD), is a preventable infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. The word Dracunculus comes from the Latin "little dragon". ...more on Wikipedia about "Dracunculiasis"
Echinococcosis, also known as hydatid disease, is a potentially fatal parasitic disease that can affect many animals, including wildlife, commercial livestock and humans. ...more on Wikipedia about "Echinococcosis"
Elephantiasis is a parasitic disease which is transmitted from human to human by mosquito bites. The parasite tends to lodge in and block the lymph nodes that drain into the lower extremities, producing massive enlargement and deformity of the legs and genitalia. Dramatic photographs of those affected appear in every infectious disease text. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elephantiasis"
Enterobiasis is the medical condition of being infected with pinworms ( Enterobius vermicularis). The symptoms are painful itching around the anus, restless sleep, a poor appetite, and a failure to gain weight. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enterobiasis"
Eumycetoma is the fungal form of Mycetoma. Mycetoma is a disease of the skin and of connective tissue. There is a bacterial form of the disease, called actinomycetoma. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eumycetoma"
Falciparum malaria refers to malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the primary agent of malaria. Another form of malaria, vivax malaria, is caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite. Falciparum malaria is not only more prevalent than vivax malaria, but it is also causes the highest mortality. ...more on Wikipedia about "Falciparum malaria"
Fascioliasis is caused by the trematodes Fasciola hepatica (the sheep liver fluke) and Fasciola gigantica, parasites of herbivores that can infect humans accidentally. In agriculture, Fasciola infections cause billions of dollars of losses due to poor meat quality and loss of milk production and condemnation of livers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fascioliasis" Go crack a shortopedia!
Fasciolopsiasis results from infection by the trematode Fasciolopsis buski (Lankester 1857) Odhner 1902, the largest intestinal fluke of humans. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fasciolopsiasis"
Filariasis is a parasitic and infectious tropical disease, caused by the thread-like parasitic filarial worms, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori, all transmitted by mosquitoes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Filariasis"
Filicollosis is a parasitic disease of ducks, geese and other waterbirds caused by Filicollis anatis, a species of acanthocephala of the polymorphidae family. The disease is endemic in Europe and Asia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Filicollosis"
(Free-living amebic infection) Naegleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba spp., commonly found in lakes, swimming pools, tap water, and heating and air conditioning units. While only one species of Naegleria is known to infect humans, several species of Acanthamoeba are implicated, including A. culbertsoni, A. polyphaga, A. castellanii, A. astronyxis, A. hatchetti, and A. rhysodes. An additional agent of human disease, Balamuthia mandrillaris, is a related leptomyxid ameba that is morphologically similar in light microscopy to Acanthamoeba. ...more on Wikipedia about "Free-living amebic infection"
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