Describe the general charactaristics of parasites of medical importance?

Question

Describe the general charactaristics of parasites of medical importance?

Answer 1

A good many parasites are spread by insect bites. Lice, fleas and ticks are parasites as well, you get them often because of living in an infested environment. Mites like scabies are so small they can enter the tiniest break in the sking and then multiply like crazy under the skin, crawling all around and causing unbelievable itching. Tapeworms and roundworms we get from food. Some liver flukes and lung flukes are transmitted through water,and there is a particularly nasty river parasite in South America that swims up your urethra to infect your body.

Answer 2

Difficult. I would look up ?Giardia and malaria. Malarial parasotes include Plasmodium falciparium and plasmodium vivax i think. Try google.