Abstract
Parasites are an important cause of human disease worldwide. The clinical severity and outcome of parasitic disease is often dependent on the immune status of the host. Specific parasitic diseases discussed in this chapter are amebiasis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, cyclosporiasis, cystoisosporiasis, microsporidosis, granulomatous amebic encephalitis, toxoplasmosis, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, malaria, babesiosis, strongyloidiasis, and scabies.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | DMIH2-0013-2015 |
| Journal | Microbiology Spectrum |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology
- Ecology
- General Immunology and Microbiology
- Genetics
- Microbiology (medical)
- Cell Biology
- Infectious Diseases