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Parasites

A parasite is an organism that lives in or on a host of another species, deriving nutrients at the host's expense and typically causing harm. Parasitology, the study of parasites and the diseases they cause, encompasses protozoa, helminths (including nematodes, cestodes, and trematodes), and ectoparasitic arthropods…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 60× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2694-2275 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

A parasite is an organism that lives in or on a host of another species, deriving nutrients at the host's expense and typically causing harm. Parasitology, the study of parasites and the diseases they cause, encompasses protozoa, helminths (including nematodes, cestodes, and trematodes), and ectoparasitic arthropods, together with their life cycles, transmission, host interactions, and control. Parasites are classified by location as endoparasites or ectoparasites and by life cycle as obligate or facultative, with many requiring intermediate hosts or vectors to complete development. Their impact spans human and animal health and agricultural productivity, causing diseases such as malaria, intestinal helminthiases, and protozoan infections that are especially burdensome in resource-limited settings. Core topics include prevalence and epidemiology, risk factors and transmission, host immunity and immunopathology, diagnosis, and chemotherapeutic and management strategies. Research grounded in this area examines helminth prevalence and distribution in sheep and cattle, gastrointestinal parasites in livestock breeds, protozoan parasites transmitted by domestic pigeons, intestinal parasitic infections among schoolchildren, the epidemiology of intestinal protozoa, regulation of reactive oxygen intermediates during Plasmodium infection, and therapeutic evaluation against Eimeria infection in poultry. The journal publishes peer-reviewed zoological and parasitological research on the biology, epidemiology, and control of parasites affecting animal and human hosts across diverse populations and settings.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Malaria: An Unseen Enemy Threatening to Mankind

Shende PravinCorresponding author
Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy and Technology Management, SVKM’s NMIMS, Mumbai, India.
Exact topic Tropical Diseases and Medicine

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 60 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Parasites, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Zoological Research (ISSN 2694-2275).

Journal editorial board
Alexander Ereskovsky · France ANDREI ALIMOV · Russia

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