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  1. Parasitology is the scientific study of parasites, their hosts, and the intricate biochemical, physiological, and ecological relationships between them.
    #Parasitology #Biology #Ecology #Epidemiology #Medical #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/05/cat05032602

  2. Companion Animal Parasite Council (Parasitology 🧬)

    The Companion Animal Parasite Council is an American non-profit organization composed of practicing veterinarians, academic veterinary parasitologists, veterinary technicians, state public health veterinarians, and staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who are dedicated to reducing th...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companio

    #CompanionAnimalParasiteCouncil #Zoonoses #Parasitology #501Organizations

  3. Human-to-primate transmission (Parasitology 🧬)

    Human-to-primate transmission is a seldom-remarked epidemiologic vector. It is by definition a cross-species transmission vector.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-to

    #HumanToPrimateTransmission #Serology #Zoonoses #Epidemiology #Parasitology #PublicHealth

  4. Danish physician Johannes Fibiger, who died OTD in 1928, received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery that a roundworm could cause stomach cancer toilet-guru.com/blog/35.html?s #parasitology #history

  5. Cysts of the parasite *Toxoplasma gondii* (which form in the brain and muscles) do not contain a single form of the parasite, as previously thought, but up to five different forms. The subpopulations have different developmental trajectories. This information may facilitate the development of more effective treatments.

    Summary: sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41467-026

    #Science #Health #Parasitology #Toxoplasmosis

  6. Toxoplasma gondii #brain cysts, previously believed to contain a single uniform type of dormant #parasite , actually harbor at least five distinct subtypes with specialized roles in survival, spread, and reactivation.
    #Biomedical #Microbiology #Parasitology #cats #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/01/bmed0127260

  7. Kleptopredation (Parasitology 🧬)

    Kleptopredation is a form of feeding in which a predator eats prey after the prey has hunted, consuming both the prey and its recent meal. It is a specific type of kleptoparasitism. The term was first used in an article published in the journal Biology Letters. Kleptopredation has been observed in nudibranchs, who may target hydroid polyps that have recently eaten zooplankton. In s...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptopr

    #Kleptopredation #Parasitology

  8. British Society for Parasitology (Parasitology 🧬)

    The British Society for Parasitology is a UK-based organisation of British parasitologists. It was founded in April 1962 from the Parasitological Section of the Institute of Biology. The initial goals of the society were to hold two meetings yearly: a residential meeting in the spring, ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_

    #BritishSocietyForParasitology #Parasitology #MicrobiologySocieties #BritishBiologySocieties

  9. Necromeny (Parasitology 🧬)

    Necromeny is a symbiotic relationship where an animal infects a host and waits inside its body until its death, at which point it develops and completes its life-cycle on the cadaver, feeding on the decaying matter and the subsequent bacterial growth. As the necromenic animal benefits from the relationship while the host is unharmed, it is an example of commensal...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromeny

    #Necromeny #Ecology #Parasitism #Parasitology #DiseaseEcology

  10. It can only be hoped that gynecologists, oncologists, psychiatrists, etc. are knowledgeable in their fields. Concerning Parasitology, they all too often display abject ignorance.

    academic.oup.com/schizophrenia

    #Medicine #Parasitology #toxoplasmosis #Schizophrenia #InfectiousDisease #Zoonosis

  11. Burrinjuckia (Parasitology 🧬)

    Burrinjuckia is an ichnogenus of bioclaustrations. Burrinjuckia includes outgrowths of the brachiopod's secondary shell with a hollow interior in the mantle cavity of a brachiopod. Burrinjuckia was probably a parasite. They have a stratigraphic range from the Late Ordovician to the Devonian. The earliest Burrinjuckia species B. clitam...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrinju

    #Burrinjuckia #Parasitism #Paleozoology #Parasitology #TraceFossils #DevonianAnimals

  12. A few retrospective impressions of last wednesday's hands-on presentation of the Rechenkraft.net #AugmentedReality visualization system for molecular objects (a.k.a. #HoloDeck) - this time, as part of the #parasitology seminar at the Institute for Parasitology of the Justus Liebig University #Gießen.

    Below you can see a few images showing the full ready-to-play setup of 4 #HoloDeck / #TiltFive systems - prior to the start of the workshop.

    #MINT #STEM #AR #VR #bioinformatics #protein #DNA #RNA

  13. Parasite-stress theory (Parasitology 🧬)

    Parasite-stress theory, or pathogen-stress theory, is a theory of human evolution proposing that parasites and diseases encountered by a species shape the development of species' values and qualities, proposed by researchers Corey Fincher and Randy Thornhill. The differences in how parasites and diseases stress people's development is what leads to di...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite

    #ParasiteStressTheory #Parasitism #Parasitology

  14. Intracellular parasite (Parasitology 🧬)

    Intracellular parasites are microparasites that are capable of growing and reproducing inside the cells of a host. They are also called intracellular pathogens.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracel

    #IntracellularParasite #Parasitology #Endoparasites

  15. Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)

    In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, str...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasito

    #Parasitoid #Parasitism #Parasitology #BiologicalPestControl

  16. Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)

    In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, str...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasito

    #Parasitoid #Parasitism #Parasitology #BiologicalPestControl

  17. Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)

    In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, str...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasito

    #Parasitoid #Parasitism #Parasitology #BiologicalPestControl

  18. Facultative parasite (Parasitology 🧬)

    A facultative parasite is an organism that may resort to parasitic activity, but does not absolutely rely on any host for completion of its life cycle. Examples of facultative parasitism occur among many species of fungi, such as family members of the genus Armillaria. Armillaria species do parasitise living trees, but if the tree dies, whether as a conseque...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facultat

    #FacultativeParasite #Ecology #Parasitology

  19. europesays.com/ie/143628/ AI tool beats humans at detecting parasites in stool samples, Utah study finds #Éire #Health #IE #Ireland #Newswise #Parasitology;ARUPLaboratories;labTesting;intestinalParasites #UniversityOfUtah

  20. American Society of Parasitologists (Parasitology 🧬)

    Founded in 1924, the American Society of Parasitologists comprises a diverse group of about 500 scientists from academia, industry, and government involved in the study and teaching of the scientific discipline of parasitology. Society members contribute to the development of parasitology as a discipline, as well as to primar...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American

    #AmericanSocietyOfParasitologists #Parasitology

  21. 1/n: A photo from the booth presenting the visualization project at the 2025 in , last week.

    This was actually the 1st time, where I could use the fully setup hardware funded by /#HMWK/#HessenHub which will be used for the workshop course taking place for the 1st time on Oct 23rd at the institute at JLU/#BFS in .

    JLU students may register via Stud.IP:
    studip.uni-giessen.de/dispatch

  22. 1/n: A photo from the #JustusLiebigUniversity booth presenting the #HoloDeck #AR #molecular visualization project at the #Game2Learn 2025 #conference in #Wiesbaden, last week.

    This was actually the 1st time, where I could use the fully setup hardware funded by #JLU/#HMWK/#HessenHub which will be used for the #university workshop course taking place for the 1st time on Oct 23rd at the #parasitology institute at JLU/#BFS in #Giessen.

    JLU students may register via Stud.IP:
    studip.uni-giessen.de/dispatch

  23. 1/n: A photo from the #JustusLiebigUniversity booth presenting the #HoloDeck #AR #molecular visualization project at the #Game2Learn 2025 #conference in #Wiesbaden, last week.

    This was actually the 1st time, where I could use the fully setup hardware funded by #JLU/#HMWK/#HessenHub which will be used for the #university workshop course taking place for the 1st time on Oct 23rd at the #parasitology institute at JLU/#BFS in #Giessen.

    JLU students may register via Stud.IP:
    studip.uni-giessen.de/dispatch

  24. 1/n: A photo from the #JustusLiebigUniversity booth presenting the #HoloDeck #AR #molecular visualization project at the #Game2Learn 2025 #conference in #Wiesbaden, last week.

    This was actually the 1st time, where I could use the fully setup hardware funded by #JLU/#HMWK/#HessenHub which will be used for the #university workshop course taking place for the 1st time on Oct 23rd at the #parasitology institute at JLU/#BFS in #Giessen.

    JLU students may register via Stud.IP:
    studip.uni-giessen.de/dispatch

  25. 1/n: A photo from the #JustusLiebigUniversity booth presenting the #HoloDeck #AR #molecular visualization project at the #Game2Learn 2025 #conference in #Wiesbaden, last week.

    This was actually the 1st time, where I could use the fully setup hardware funded by #JLU/#HMWK/#HessenHub which will be used for the #university workshop course taking place for the 1st time on Oct 23rd at the #parasitology institute at JLU/#BFS in #Giessen.

    JLU students may register via Stud.IP:
    studip.uni-giessen.de/dispatch

  26. Necromeny (Parasitology 🧬)

    Necromeny is a symbiotic relationship where an animal infects a host and waits inside its body until its death, at which point it develops and completes its life-cycle on the cadaver, feeding on the decaying matter and the subsequent bacterial growth. As the necromenic animal benefits from the relationship while the host is unharmed, it is an example of commensal...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromeny

    #Necromeny #Ecology #Parasitism #Parasitology #DiseaseEcology

  27. Sylvatic cycle (Parasitology 🧬)

    The sylvatic cycle, also enzootic or sylvatic transmission cycle, is a portion of the natural transmission cycle of a pathogen. Sylvatic refers to the occurrence of a subject in or affecting wild animals. The sylvatic cycle is the fraction of the pathogen population's lifespan spent cycling between wild animals and vectors. Humans are usually an incidental or dead-end ho...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvatic

    #SylvaticCycle #Epidemiology #Parasitology

  28. Eichler's rule (Biodiversity 🦗)

    Eichler's rule is one of several coevolutionary rules which states that parasites tend to be highly specific to their hosts, and thus it seems reasonable to expect a positive co-variation between the taxonomic richness of hosts and that of their parasites.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichler'

    #EichlerSRule #Lice #Biodiversity #Parasitology #EvolutionaryBiology

  29. Parasite load (Parasitology 🧬)

    Parasite load is a measure of the number and virulence of the parasites that a host organism harbours. Quantitative parasitology deals with measures to quantify parasite loads in samples of hosts and to make statistical comparisons of parasitism across host samples. In evolutionary biology, parasite load has important implications for sexual selection and ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite

    #ParasiteLoad #Parasitism #Parasitology #EvolutionaryBiology

  30. Risk factors and prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in rheumatic patients: a meta-analysis | BMC Infectious Diseases

    Main finding The study revealed that current smoking, Golimumab treatment, a history of TB, age > 40, Chloroquine treatment and…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #CA #Canada #Factors #infectiousdiseases #internalmedicine #Latenttuberculosisinfection #MedicalMicrobiology #Parasitology #Prevalence #Rheumaticdisease #TropicalMedicine
    newsbeep.com/ca/113745/

  31. Vincent and Daniel discuss research showing that Toxoplasma gondii infection of the brain alters extracellular vesicle production and the communication between neurons and astrocytes.

    youtube.com/watch?v=GqIQoRh3u2g

    #Zoonosis #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #Parasite #Parasitology

  32. Necromeny (Ecology 🏞️)

    Necromeny is a symbiotic relationship where an animal infects a host and waits inside its body until its death, at which point it develops and completes its life-cycle on the cadaver, feeding on the decaying matter and the subsequent bacterial growth. As the necromenic animal benefits from the relationship while the host is unharmed, it is an example of commensalism....

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromeny

    #Necromeny #Ecology #Parasitism #Parasitology #DiseaseEcology

  33. Companion Animal Parasite Council (Parasitology 🧬)

    The Companion Animal Parasite Council is a non-profit organization composed of practicing veterinarians, academic veterinary parasitologists, veterinary technicians, state public health veterinarians, and staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who are dedicated to reducing the numbers of parasites in d...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companio

    #CompanionAnimalParasiteCouncil #Zoonoses #Parasitology

  34. Sterile insect technique (Parasitology 🧬)

    The sterile insect technique is a method of biological insect control, whereby overwhelming numbers of sterile insects are released into the wild. The released insects are preferably male, as this is more cost-effective and the females may in some situations cause damage by laying eggs in the crop, or, in the case...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_

    #SterileInsectTechnique #Infertility #Parasitology #InsectControl #InsectRearing

  35. Sterile insect technique (Parasitology 🧬)

    The sterile insect technique is a method of biological insect control, whereby overwhelming numbers of sterile insects are released into the wild. The released insects are preferably male, as this is more cost-effective and the females may in some situations cause damage by laying eggs in the crop, or, in the case...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_

    #SterileInsectTechnique #Infertility #Parasitology #InsectControl #InsectRearing

  36. Sterile insect technique (Parasitology 🧬)

    The sterile insect technique is a method of biological insect control, whereby overwhelming numbers of sterile insects are released into the wild. The released insects are preferably male, as this is more cost-effective and the females may in some situations cause damage by laying eggs in the crop, or, in the case...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_

    #SterileInsectTechnique #Infertility #Parasitology #InsectControl #InsectRearing

  37. Take advantage of hands-on training at #ESCMIDGlobal 2025 with the ESCMID #MobileLab. Explore the world of #parasitology with special microscopy sessions designed to enhance your practical and theoretical knowledge.

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    #ForAHealthierTomorrow

  38. Take advantage of hands-on training at #ESCMIDGlobal 2025 with the ESCMID #MobileLab. Explore the world of #parasitology with special microscopy sessions designed to enhance your practical and theoretical knowledge.

    Register today! ow.ly/vH8v50VaPKz
    #ForAHealthierTomorrow