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A parasitic disease is an infectious disease caused or transmitted by a parasite. Many parasites do not cause disease per se. Parasitic diseases can affect practically all living organisms, from plants to man. The study of parasitic diseases is called by parasitology.

Some parasites like Toxoplasma gondii can cause Toxoplasmosis as a parasitic disease directly caused by the protozoan. In contrast, some of the symptoms caused by parasites are due to the toxins produced by the parasites, rather than the parasites themselves.

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infectious disease is a clinically evident disease resulting from the presence of pathogenic microbial agents, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites, and aberrant proteins known as prions.
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Parasitism is one version of symbiosis ("living together"), a phenomenon in which two organisms which are phylogenetically unrelated co-exist over a prolonged period of time, usually the lifetime of one of the individuals.
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866[1]

Divisions

Green algae
  • Chlorophyta
  • Charophyta
Land plants (embryophytes)
  • Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)

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Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question, but by their way of life.
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T. gondii

Binomial name
Toxoplasma gondii
(Nicolle & Manceaux, 1908)

Toxoplasma gondii is a species of parasitic protozoa in the genus Toxoplasma.
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Toxoplasmosis
Classification & external resources

T. gondii tachyzoites
ICD-10 B 58.
ICD-9 130

DiseasesDB 13208
MedlinePlus 000637
eMedicine med/2294   Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan
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toxin (Greek: τοξικόν, toxikon, lit. (poison) for use on arrows) is a poisonous substance produced by living cells or organisms.
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This is a list of topics related to human parasitic diseases. See also the categories shown below.

Diseases

  • Amoebiasis
  • Ascariasis
  • Babesiosis
  • Chagas disease
  • Clonorchiasis
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Diphyllobothriasis
  • Dracunculiasis
  • Echinococcosis

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