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'''Medical parasitology''' is becoming increasingly important. Although the incidence of the disease is declining in developed countries, with the worldwide spread of AIDS, the symptoms worsen and the pathogenicity of the parasite increases. The entry of the parasite into the human body is most often the digestive tract and damaged skin and mucous membranes. The prevalence of parasitosis is highly dependent on the level of hygiene, the availability of uncontaminated water, the method of preparation and consumption of meat and other factors. Some parasites are widespread worldwide - roundworms, others occur in a limited area - tropical parasitosis. | '''Medical parasitology''' is becoming increasingly important. Although the incidence of the disease is declining in developed countries, with the worldwide spread of AIDS, the symptoms worsen and the pathogenicity of the parasite increases. The entry of the parasite into the human body is most often the digestive tract and damaged skin and mucous membranes. The prevalence of parasitosis is highly dependent on the level of hygiene, the availability of uncontaminated water, the method of preparation and consumption of meat and other factors. Some parasites are widespread worldwide - roundworms, others occur in a limited area - tropical parasitosis. | ||
== | == Basic concepts == | ||
[[File:Toxoplasma gondii Life cycle PHIL 3421 lores.png|thumb|Example of parasite life cycle - Toxoplasma gondii]] | [[File:Toxoplasma gondii Life cycle PHIL 3421 lores.png|thumb|Example of parasite life cycle - Toxoplasma gondii]] | ||
''' | '''Medical parasitology:''' is part of parasitology, which focuses on human infections caused by parasites, the relationship between human and parasite, treatment procedures and more. | ||
''' | '''Parasitism:''' is a relationship between two organisms. One of them - '''the parasite''' lives at the expense of the other - '''host''' and to some extent harms and uses it. During the discovery of new species, there are often disputes over whether the case is '''parasitism''', '''commensalism''' or '''predation''' (predation is generally said if the process is fast and limited to direct killing and digestion of the host, parasitism is a longer-term relationship) . | ||
''' | '''Parasite:''' An organism that uses another organism for its life. | ||
* | * ectoparasite - inhabits the surface of the host (arthropods) | ||
* | * endoparasite - lives inside the host (protozoa and helminths) | ||
''' | '''Interhost:''' is an organism in which the infectious stages of parasites are found, their partial development has taken place in it, but the parasite has not reached full sexual maturity in the intermediate host. | ||
''' | '''Parathenic (transport) host:''' an organism that transmits the parasite but in which it does not develop. | ||
''' | '''Definitive host:''' an organism where the sexual development of parasites takes place (it does not take place in all parasites) and after reaching sexual maturity it is able to reproduce sexually. However, it may not be the final host and the parasite may spread from it (eg from infected insects). In the definitive host, the parasite thus reaches sexual maturity as well as sexual reproduction. | ||
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* [[ | === Related articles === | ||
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* [[ | * [[Parasitism]] | ||
=== | * Infection | ||
* {{ | * [[The relationship between host and microbe]] | ||
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=== Literature === | |||
* {{Cite | |||
| type = book | |||
| isbn = 8023802976 | | isbn = 8023802976 | ||
| | | surname1 = Bednář | ||
| | | name1 = Marek | ||
| | | surname2 = Souček | ||
| | | name2 = Andrej | ||
| | | surname3 = Fraňková | ||
| | | name3 = Věra | ||
| | | others = yes | ||
| | | title = Lékařská mikrobiologie | ||
| | | subtitle = Bakteriologie, virologie, parazitologie | ||
| | | edition = 1 | ||
| | | location = Praha | ||
| | | publisher = Marvil | ||
| | | year = 1996 | ||
| | | range = 558 | ||
}} | }} | ||
* {{ | * {{Cite | ||
| | | type = book | ||
| isbn = 80-902896-6-5 | | isbn = 80-902896-6-5 | ||
| | | surname1 = Votava | ||
| | | name1 = Miroslav | ||
| | |others = yes | ||
| | | title = Lékařská mikrobiologie speciální | ||
| | | edition = 1 | ||
| | | location = Brno | ||
| | | publisher = Neptun | ||
| | | year = 2003 | ||
| | | range = 495 | ||
}} | }} | ||
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[[ | [[Category:Microbiology]] | ||
[[ | [[Category:Infectious Diseases]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:43, 20 January 2022
Medical parasitology is becoming increasingly important. Although the incidence of the disease is declining in developed countries, with the worldwide spread of AIDS, the symptoms worsen and the pathogenicity of the parasite increases. The entry of the parasite into the human body is most often the digestive tract and damaged skin and mucous membranes. The prevalence of parasitosis is highly dependent on the level of hygiene, the availability of uncontaminated water, the method of preparation and consumption of meat and other factors. Some parasites are widespread worldwide - roundworms, others occur in a limited area - tropical parasitosis.
Basic concepts[edit | edit source]
Medical parasitology: is part of parasitology, which focuses on human infections caused by parasites, the relationship between human and parasite, treatment procedures and more.
Parasitism: is a relationship between two organisms. One of them - the parasite lives at the expense of the other - host and to some extent harms and uses it. During the discovery of new species, there are often disputes over whether the case is parasitism, commensalism or predation (predation is generally said if the process is fast and limited to direct killing and digestion of the host, parasitism is a longer-term relationship) .
Parasite: An organism that uses another organism for its life.
- ectoparasite - inhabits the surface of the host (arthropods)
- endoparasite - lives inside the host (protozoa and helminths)
Interhost: is an organism in which the infectious stages of parasites are found, their partial development has taken place in it, but the parasite has not reached full sexual maturity in the intermediate host.
Parathenic (transport) host: an organism that transmits the parasite but in which it does not develop.
Definitive host: an organism where the sexual development of parasites takes place (it does not take place in all parasites) and after reaching sexual maturity it is able to reproduce sexually. However, it may not be the final host and the parasite may spread from it (eg from infected insects). In the definitive host, the parasite thus reaches sexual maturity as well as sexual reproduction.
References[edit | edit source]
Related articles[edit | edit source]
Literature[edit | edit source]
- BEDNÁŘ, Marek – SOUČEK, Andrej – FRAŇKOVÁ, Věra, et al. Lékařská mikrobiologie : Bakteriologie, virologie, parazitologie. 1. edition. Praha : Marvil, 1996. 558 pp. ISBN 8023802976.
- VOTAVA, Miroslav, et al. Lékařská mikrobiologie speciální. 1. edition. Brno : Neptun, 2003. 495 pp. ISBN 80-902896-6-5.
