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PARASITIC INFECTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Animal Diseases
  • Epidemiology
CONT

Parasites are organisms that live off other organisms, or hosts, to survive. Some parasites don’t noticeably affect their hosts. Others grow, reproduce, or invade organ systems that make their hosts sick, resulting in a parasitic infection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Épidémiologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Enfermedades de los animales
  • Epidemiología
DEF

Enfermedad infecciosa causada por protozoos, vermes (cestodos, trematodos, nematodos) o artrópodos.

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