What is a parasite anyway?

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If you want to know what a parasite is in the first place and the difference between a parasite and a bacterium, check here.

        Introduction to parasites

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From this page, you can divide many parasites by type and jump to each parasite introduction page.I think that even those who are new to parasites and those who are interested can easily watch it.

        ①Parasites that adversely affect the human body

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When you think of parasites, you probably think of parasites that are harmful to humans.So, I tried to summarize the parasites that are harmful to the human body.

No.1　Anisakis
No.2　Pork tapeworm
No.3　Echinococcus
No.4　Toxoplasmosis

        ②Various parasites

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I tried to summarize parasites that are harmless to humans and have even more interesting features.

No.1　Eudiplozoon nipponicum
No.2　Horsehair worm
NO.3　Rhexanella verrucosa
No.4　N-NOSE

        Japanese parasite researcher

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There are many parasite researchers in Japan. Among them, we will introduce famous researchers.

        What parasites do to the environment

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Parasites affect the ecosystem and environment of living organisms.

        Amazing point of Parasites

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Parasites have amazing points. I will introduce them.

 Glossary 

Click here to see the difficult words used on this site.

 Book introduction to parasites 

「不思議な世界の住人たち」／目黒寄生虫館、大谷智通、佐藤大介

Parasitic hometown and an introduction of one one of them including the characteristic are written and are the illustrated book which it is easy to see very in detail.
According to member I.M, a page of Eudiplozoon nipponicum seems to be the most interesting.