There are five major types of hosts depending upon their role in the life cycle of the parasites.
Category: Parasitology
Parasitic Infections: Source, Mode of Transmission, and Prevention
A parasite is a living organism (maybe a bug, bacteria, fungi, or protozoa) that lives upon and derives nutrients directly from a host (another living organism) without giving any benefit to the...
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite of many vertebrates including humans and causes the disease Toxoplasmosis. Its name was derived from the crescent shape of the tachyzoite stage of the...
The serodiagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection is widely used for screening pregnant women in order to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis. The Sabin-Feldman dye test was the first test system able to...
Laboratory diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections can be done by detecting and identifying the parasites or their particular stages (ova/egg, cyst, larva, or trophozoite) in the stool...
Rapid diagnostic tests or RDTs for malaria are a way to test whether a person with malaria-like symptoms has malaria. Malaria parasites produce proteins called antigens. RDTs detect these malarial...
