Parasitic disorders

A parasitic disorder or parasitic disease is an infectious disorder 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 mammals. The study of parasitic diseases is called parasitology.

Some parasites like Toxoplasma gondii can cause disease directly, but other protozoan cause disease by the toxins that they produce.

Although organisms such as bacteria function as parasites, the usage of the term "parasitic disease" is usually more restricted. The three main types of organisms causing these conditions are protozoa, helminths, and ectoparasites.

This is a list of topics related to human parasitic diseases. See also the categories shown below.

Diseases

 * Amoebiasis
 * Ascariasis
 * Babesiosis
 * Balantidiasis
 * Chagas disease
 * Clonorchiasis
 * Cryptosporidiosis
 * Diphyllobothriasis
 * Dracunculiasis (caused by the Guinea worm)
 * Echinococcosis
 * Elephantiasis
 * Enterobiasis
 * Fascioliasis
 * Fasciolopsiasis
 * Filariasis
 * Giardiasis
 * Gnathostomiasis
 * Hymenolepiasis
 * Isosporiasis
 * Katayama fever
 * Leishmaniasis
 * Lyme disease
 * Malaria
 * Metagonimiasis
 * Myiasis
 * Onchocerciasis
 * Pediculosis
 * Scabies
 * Schistosomiasis
 * Sleeping sickness
 * Strongyloidiasis
 * Taeniasis(cause of Cysticercosis)
 * Toxocariasis
 * Toxoplasmosis
 * Trichinosis
 * Trichuriasis

Pathogens

 * Anisakis
 * Ascaris lumbricoides
 * Botfly
 * Balantidium coli
 * Bedbug
 * Cestoda (tapeworm)
 * Chiggers
 * Entamoeba histolytica
 * ''Fasciola hepatica
 * Giardia lamblia
 * Hookworm
 * Leishmania
 * Linguatula serrata
 * Liver fluke
 * Loa loa
 * Paragonimus - lung fluke
 * Pinworm
 * Plasmodium falciparum
 * Schistosoma
 * Strongyloides stercoralis
 * Mite
 * Tapeworm
 * Toxoplasma gondii
 * Trypanosoma''
 * Whipworm
 * ''Wuchereria bancrofti

Vectors and hosts

 * Anopheles
 * Louse
 * Tick
 * Triatoma
 * Tsetse fly

Antiparasitic drugs

 * Thiabendazole
 * Pyrantel pamoate
 * Mebendazole
 * Praziquantel
 * Niclosamide
 * Bithionol
 * Oxamniquine
 * Metrifonate
 * Ivermectin
 * Albendazole
 * Benznidazole
 * Nifurtimox
 * Nitroimidazole