What is parasitism?

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 does it mean to refer to a disease as a “syndrome,” as with AIDS?

A: A disease is a state of unhealthiness of the physical body, mind and social interaction. A disease…

Q: What is “bycatch”?

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

Q: What organisms do you know that need a host to survive?

A: Viruses.

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: Does an insect disease vector like a mosquito have to intake blood to transmit a pathogen to a host?

A: Yes, mosquito have to intake blood to transmit a pathogen to a host because when a mosquito intake…

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 parasitism and its types?

A: Symbiosis : Symbiosis in an interaction between non identical biological species. This interaction…

Q: What is obligate parasite?

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

Q: What is the difference between etiology and epidemiology?

A: Etiology is the study of causes origins or reasons behind the way that things are caused by…

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: What is the difference between positive and negative symbiosis

A: Answer: SYMBIOSIS = It is the interaction between two different organisms who are living in  close…

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: Who are parasites?

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

Q: What

A: Introduction:-  Ecology is the study of the interrelations of organisms and environment.…

Q: What is the human impact on Disease Transmissions of Microbes. What do you currently know about how…

A: As the human population is growing, they need more space to thrive, produce food, and hence more…

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 some examples of parasitism?

A: Parasitism is a relationship between two living organisms of different species in which one…

Q: malarial drugs and vaccines work

A: Malaria is a kind of mosquito-borne disease that is caused by the Plasmodium parasite. The infected…

Q: What is the prevention of disease?

A: A disease can be communicable or non-communicable in nature. Communicable diseases can be prevented…

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: How is viruses and protozoans cause pathogenesis and how is it different from bacteria

A: Pathogenesis is the course of an infection or disease. Pathogenesis of the virus involves the…

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: What is transformation of host cells?

A: Bacterial gene transfer can be achieved by various means such as transformation, conjugation and…

Q: What does pathogens mean

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

Q: Which is a method of transmitting pathogens from one host to another by carrying microorganisms…

A: Transmission can occur regardless of the reservoir, allowing an infection to spread. First,…

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 three good reasons that the idea of using predatory bacteria to combat infections is…

A: In bacterial communities, predatory bacteria have been suggested as a critical selective force.…

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: 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: Define the parasitism.

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

Q: Why are vector-borne diseases particularly likely to be affected by climate change

A: Vector-borne diseases are those diseases that are caused by a vector. These vectors can carry…

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 it that makes diseases caused by viruses and bacteria hard to treat?

A:

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.