Ternidens deminuus, an intestinal nematode of monkeys in the Old World tropics and recorded from humans in Southern Africa and Mauritius. One of the nodular worms.
A negative test result for a condition that is, in fact, present.
A positive test result for a condition that is not, in fact, present.
A taxonomic group of similar, related, animals. The taxonomic group that is below Order, but above Genus.
The common liver fluke. In tropical regions this species is replaced by F. gigantica. Like all trematodes, their intermediate hosts are aquatic snails. Infection occurs when the infective metacercariae are ingested on vegetation in swampy areas. Normal final (definitive) hosts are sheep, cattle and various wild animal species. Humans can acquire fascioliasis if they eat contamiated water cress etc.
The intestinal fluke. Definitive hosts are pigs and humans. Metacercariae encyst on aquatic plants such as water chestnuts in south east Asia.
Habits determining the times and places of feeding and the sources of blood meals for mosquitoes.
Wide-spread spotted fever. Tick-borne and caused by Rickettsia conori.
A parasitic infection caused by filarial nematode worms, such as Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi, causing a variety of illnesses. See also elephantiasis and onchocerciasis.
A long, slender, simple and muscular structure as in Strongyloidea.
The colloquial name for Millepora.
See Morbakka.
The colloquial term for Lytocarpus philippinus.
A tick-borne disease found on Flinders Island, north of Tasmania. Zoonotic and caused by Rickettsia honei.
Generally refers to helminth in the Class Trematoda or trematodes.
A two winged insect of the Order Diptera. Includes the housefly and the myiasis- causing flies. Also includes the mosquitoes and the tsetse flies.
The origin or source of an infection or vector population.
The term applied to mild puffer fish poisoning causing mild paresthesiae around the lips after eating fish prepared by a special cook. Accidental overdose may, and does, cause human fatality in Japan.
Eucaryotic (nucleated) organisms, reproducing by means of spores and have no chlorophyll, e.g. mushrooms, toadstools, moulds.