Back علم الطفيليات Arabic باراسيتولوجيا ARZ Parazitologiya Azerbaijani Паразитология Bashkir Паразіталогія Byelorussian Паразитология Bulgarian পরজীবীবিজ্ঞান Bengali/Bangla Parasitologia Catalan مشەخۆرناسی CKB Parazitologie Czech

Parasitology

For the scientific journal, see Parasitology (journal). For the sci-fi/horror book series, see Parasite (Grant novel).
Adult black fly (Simulium yahense) with Onchocerca volvulus emerging from the insect's antenna. The parasite is responsible for the disease known as river blindness in Africa. Sample was chemically fixed and critical point dried, then observed using conventional scanning electron microscopy. Magnified 100×.

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. This means it forms a synthesis of other disciplines, and draws on techniques from fields such as cell biology, bioinformatics, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, genetics, evolution and ecology.

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