MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY A SELF INSTRUCTIONAL TEXT EXAM PREPARATION PACK 2026 KEY CONCEPTS AND REVISION NOTES

MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY A SELF
INSTRUCTIONAL TEXT EXAM PREPARATION
PACK 2026 KEY CONCEPTS AND REVISION
NOTES

◉ Medical Parasitology.
Answer: Concerned primarily with the animal parasites of humans
and their medical significance and importance in human
communities.


◉ Tropical medicine.
Answer: A branch of medicine which deals with tropical diseases
and other special medical problems of tropical regions.


◉ Symbiosis.
Answer: The living together of unlike organisms.


◉ Commensalism.
Answer: Two species live together, and one species benefits from the
relationship without harming or benefiting the other.


◉ Mutualism.

, Answer: Two organisms mutually benefit from each other.


◉ Parasitism.
Answer: One organism lives in or on another, depending on the
latter for its survival and the host's expense.


◉ Endoparasites.
Answer: Living inside the body of the host.


◉ Ectoparasites.
Answer: Living outside the body of the host.


◉ Infection.
Answer: The presence of endoparasite in a host.


◉ Infestation.
Answer: The presence of ectoparasite on a host.


◉ Intracellular.
Answer: Inside the membrane of host cells.


◉ Extracellular.