One of the largest fields in parasitology, medical parasitology is the subject which deals with the parasites that infect man, the diseases caused by them, clinical piture and the response generated by man against them. It's also concerned with the various methods of their diagnosis, treatment and finally their prevention & control. A parasite is an organism that live on or within another organism called the host . These include organisms such as: Plasmodium spp., the protozoan parasite which causes malaria. The four species of malaria parasites infective to humans are Plasmodium...

Human genetics describes the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population genetics, developmental genetics, clinical genetics, and genetic counseling. Genes can be the common factor of the qualities of most human-inherited traits. Study of human genetics can be useful as it can answer questions about human nature, understand the diseases and development of effective disease treatment,and understand genetics of human life....

There are a large number of species of amoebae which parasite the human intestinal tract. Of these Entamoeba histolytica / dispar is the only species found to be associated with intestinal disease. Although many people harbour this organism world wide. Amoebiasis is an infection usually caused by the pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica / dispar, and is commonly an infection of the colon. It has a world wide distribution where environmental sanitation is poor. The parasite may behave as a commensal (causing no harm to the host) or it may act as a parasite (harming the host). It is a disease of...

Medical Bacteriology has Great value in Medical Science field, because bacteria is larger group of pathogenic Microorganisms. Bacteria are the most frequent group of micro-organisms present in the soil, and they constitute approximately half of the total microbial biomass. Some Bacteria has great medical importance for diseases causing and antibiotics production. Modern Bacteriology reaches into many fields of human endeavor, including the development of pharmaceutical products while medical Bacteriology deal with pathogenic bacteria, methods of diagnosis and it s treatment. Animal diseases...