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disease > digestive diseases > intestinal disease > intestinal parasitosis
disease > infectious disease > parasitosis > intestinal parasitosis

Preferred term

intestinal parasitosis  

Definition(s)

  • An intestinal parasite infection is a condition in which a parasite infects the gastro-intestinal tract of humans and other animals. Such parasites can live anywhere in the body, but most prefer the intestinal wall. Routes of exposure and infection include ingestion of undercooked meat, drinking infected water, fecal-oral transmission and skin absorption. (Wikipedia)

Synonym(s)

  • enteric parasitosis

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