title: Parasites.
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.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: Elitza S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Theel
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: Bobbi S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Pritt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D010271:Parasites / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*