What is parasitism and its types?

Q: What is the difference between parasites and parasitoids?

A: The question here is asking about the differences between a parasite and parasitoids . These both…

Q: What are vectors ofparasites?

A: The most common vectors of the parasites are mosquito and ticks. mosquito transmit infection like…

Q: What is brood parasitism?Explain with the help of an example.

A: Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of…

Q: What is pathogenesis

A: Pathogenesis is a process by which a disease or disorder develops. It can include factors which can…

Q: What is “bycatch”?

A: Fishes are cold-blooded aquatic animals that live in fresh and marine water. They belong to the…

Q: What are opportunistic pathogens, facultative parasite and obligate parasites

A: Parasitism- It is a food relationship between organisms of two different species in which the…

Q: How does group size affect disease transmission?

A: If the group size is large then diseases transmission rate will be higher .

Q: What is the immune response to Malaria and some other disease that is a parasite?  How does it evade…

A: During Plasmodium infection, an innate immune response is generated as the first line of defence,…

Q: What is obligate parasite?

A: A Parasite that cannot complete its life cycle without exploiting the host is called an obligate…

Q: What does it mean to be a disease hunter?

A: Hunter disease is a rare and inherited syndrome in which the body cannot properly digest the sugar…

Q: Define the following terms and give one example for each: (a) Commensalism (b) Parasitism (c)…

A: Commensalism- it is a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains…

Q: How are infectious diseases different from other diseases?

A: A disease can be defined as a specific abnormal condition that adversely affects the functions or…

Q: What are two primary requirements of a parasite from host?

A: A type of biological interaction in which one animal/organism kills the other and eat is more…

Q: Commensalism can be a form of parasitism. Explain why and cite an example.

A: In an ecosystem, the interaction between individuals of varying species can occur. It could be…

Q: Is the species-specificity rule of parasitism ever broken?

A: Parasitism is the negative ecological interaction between two species.

Q: Define and give one example for each term commensalism mutualism parasitism

A: As per the honor code, we answer only three subparts at a time. Therefore, we are answering the…

Q: Who are parasites?

A: In the living world, we see a large number of microorganisms, animals and plants. These organisms…

Q: How epidemiology contributes to controlling disease transmission?

A: Epidemiology is the study of science that deals with the diseases in a particular population. It…

Q: Why might a disease be endemic in one region, but not in another?

A: The condition of complete well-being of social, physical, and mental condition is termed as health.…

Q: Is there a common evolutionary pathway between host and parasite?

A: Introduction  Microbes are not only pathogenic to humans but they are beneficial for Humans too.…

Q: What are endotoxins vs. exotoxins?

A: A toxic heat-stable lipopolysaccharide substance present in the outer membrane of gram-negative…

Q: Which disease is known as 'silent killer'?

A: The cardiovascular system consists of muscular pumping organ called as heart and a closed system of…

Q: In your own words and in 2 paragraphs: Explain how metamorphosis influences parasitism?

A: A parasite is an organism that lives in a host organism and gets its food from it or at the expense…

Q: Describe parasitology

A: A parasite may be an infectious agent that at the same time injures and derives sustenance from its…

Q: Which combination of factors would most likely result in the spread of an infection through the…

A: The question can be explained based on the following fact. Beta ratio, i.e. infection rate should be…

Q: What does pathogens mean

A: Microbiology is the study of microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye. The microorganisms…

Q: How does DNA relate to the behavior of a microorganism? What is the connection between a pathogen's…

A: DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is the genetic material present in all organisms. DNA contains genes…

Q: What are some communication activity for a flu outbreak in a community?

A: A flu outbreak in the community is an epidemic of an influenza virus which spreads across a large…

Q: What is parasitism?

A: Symbiosis or symbiotic relationship is a close relationship between the two species in which at…

Q: What factors determine the outcome of most host-pathogen relationships?

A: On a cellular, molecular, organismal, or population level, the host-pathogen interaction is…

Q: How is it that we are not in a state of continuous infection from the microbes we encounter every…

A: Immunology is the branch of science which deals with the study of the immune system, immune response…

Q: What are parasites?

A: An organism is any individual entity that embodies the properties of life. Organisms can be…

Q: Create a self-monitoring checklist to prevent the spread of communicable diseases based on the five…

A: Here we have to create a self- monitoring checklist to prevent the spread of commicable disease like…

Q: During an epidemic, how does the infection rate of a disease vary with time?

A: Epidemic is state in which a disease affects the large number of organism in a population within a…

Q: What factors might diminish the ability of a host tofight off an infectious disease?

A: An infection is the attack of a living being's body tissues by ailment causing agents, their…

Q: Define the parasitism.

A: Symbiotic relationships: Symbiosis is a type of close and long term relationship between two…

Q: Parasitism is considered to be a lifestyle? Why?

A: A parasitism is defined as a relationship between two organisms in which one species i.e. parasite…

Q: what is the difference in lifespan of an endemic and a pandemic

A: A pandemic is defined as an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing…

Parasitic infections

A parasite is an organism that lives in the body of another organism and obtains food at the expense of the host. There are two kinds of parasites they are internal and external. An internal parasite lives inside another organism and is known as endoparasite. An external parasite lives on the body surface of the host and is known as an ectoparasite.