Parasitic diseases

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 113. Chapters: Trichuriasis, Echinococcosis, Toxoplasmosis, Pediculosis, Blastocystosis, Cryptosporidiosis, Fasciolosis, Tungiasis, Dracunculiasis, Loa loa filariasis, Sarcocystis, Cysticercosis, Toxocariasis, Devil facial tumour disease, Enterobiasis, Schistosomiasis, Onchocerciasis, Visceral leishmaniasis, African Malaria Network Trust, Ascariasis, Myiasis, Effects of parasitic worms on the immune system, Metagonimiasis, List of parasites of humans, Gnathostomiasis, Diphyllobothrium, Swimmer's itch, Canine leishmaniasis, Angiostrongyliasis, Genital schistosomiasis, Elephantiasis, Canine transmissible venereal tumor, Dientamoebiasis, Dracunculus medinensis, Strongyloidiasis, Echinococcus multilocularis, Bertielliasis, Hymenolepiasis, Baylisascaris, Histomoniasis, Balantidium coli, Linguatulosis, Capillaria philippinensis, Heterakis gallinarum, Haemonchus contortus, Nocardiosis, Parasitic disease, Lobomycosis, Trichinella, Diphyllobothriasis, Tapeworm infection, Ancylostomiasis, Avian malaria, Acariasis, Paragonimiasis, Trypanosomiasis, Myleusnema bicornis, Ancylostoma duodenale, National Malaria Eradication Program, Porocephaliasis, Blackhead disease, Free-living Amoebozoa infection, Transmissible cancer, Clonorchiasis, Fasciolopsiasis, Global Infectious Disease Epidemiology Network, Cutaneous larva migrans, Surra, Dipylidium caninum, List of human parasitic diseases, Trematode infection, Protozoan infection, Visceral larva migrans, Intestinal capillariasis, Vulvar myiasis, Helminthiasis, Ancylostoma braziliense, Taeniasis, Autoinfection, Parasitic pneumonia, Necatoriasis, Hypodermyasis, Ancylostoma tubaeforme, Scaly foot, Ancylostoma caninum, Metastrongylosis, Dirofilariasis, Intracerebral myiasis, Nematode infection, Sappinia amoebic encephalitis, Cysticercoid, Ancylostoma pluridentatum, Filicollosis, Rodentoleposis. Excerpt: Blastocystosis refers to a medical condition caused by infection with blastocystis. Blastocystis is a highly prevalent single-celled parasite that infects the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals. Many different types of Blastocystis exist, and they can infect humans, farm animals, birds, rodents, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and even cockroaches. Physicians have produced conflicting reports regarding whether Blastocystis causes disease in humans. These reports resulted in a brief debate in medical journals in the early 1990s between some physicians in the United States who believed that Blastocystis was harmless, and physicians in the United States and overseas who believed it could cause disease. At the time, it was common practice to identify all Blastocystis from humans as Blastocystis hominis, while Blastocystis from animals was identified differently (i.e. Blastocystis ratti from rats). Research performed since then has shown that the concept of Blastocystis hominis as a unique species of Blastocystis infecting humans is not supported by microbiological findings. Although one species group associated with primates was found, it was also discovered that humans can acquire infection from any one of nine species groups of Blastocystis which are also carried by cattle, pigs, rodents, chickens, pheasants, monkeys, dogs and other animals. Research has suggested that some types produce few or no symptoms, while others producing illness and intestinal inflammation. Researchers have suggested conflicting reports may be due to the practice of naming all Blastocystis from humans Blast...