His numerous writings include Entozoa ( 1864 ); Tapeworms ( 1866 ); Parasites ( 1879 ); Human Parasites ( 1882 ); and Parasites of Meat and Prepared Flesh Food ( 1884 ).

Parasites increase their fitness by exploiting hosts for resources necessary for their survival, e. g. food, water, heat, habitat, and transmission.

Parasites account for as much as or more than half of life's diversity ; they perform an important ecological role ( by weakening prey ) that ecosystems would take some time to adapt to ; and without parasites organisms may eventually tend to asexual reproduction, diminishing the diversity of sexually dimorphic traits.

Parasites provide an opportunity for the transfer of genetic material between species.

Parasites do not often cause diarrhea except for the protozoan Giardia, which can cause chronic infections if these are not diagnosed and treated with drugs such as metronidazole, and Entamoeba histolytica.

Beaucé, he traveled for some time in North Africa, and soon after his return to Paris in 1860 he produced a volume of satires, Les Parasites, and a one-act piece, Le Parasite, which was represented at the Odéon.

* ICES Identification Leaflets for Diseases and Parasites of Fish and Shellfish ( Fiches d ’ Identification des Maladies et Parasites des Poissons, Crustacés et Mollusques )

Learning that the Galactic Federation plans to capture the X Parasites for further study, Samus must destroy the space station to protect the Federation from the underestimated destructive power of the X Parasites.

The vaccine cures Samus and also gives her Metroid-like characteristics, including the ability to absorb and use the nuclei of X Parasites for nourishment, but also, the Metroid's vulnerability to extremely cold temperatures.

Shinichi also feels compelled to fight other Parasites, who kill and eat humans for food.

These extrusions are mainly used to kill nearby humans for food ; although they can eat other foods, all normal Parasites have an instinctive compulsion to kill and feed upon beings of the same species as that of the host body.

Songs include “ Homicidal Retribution ,” “ Raping the System ” and “ Parasites of Catastrophe .” Dying Fetus ’ second music video was made for “ Homicidal Retribution .”

Shivers ( filmed as Orgy of the Blood Parasites ; alternate titles: The Parasite Murders, They Came from Within, and Frissons for the French Canadian distribution ) is a 1975 Canadian body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg.

Paraziţii ( Romanian for " The Parasites ", ) is a Romanian three-man rap and hip hop group founded in 1994.

The character of Troy was originally called, the scientist responsible for creating the parasitic organisms used to turn people into " Parasites ".

Mona reveals that the creatures, called Parasites, can only be seen after near-death experiences ; Stefan can see them from his accident as a policeman, Mona can see them from a car crash in which Stefan saved her after her gang left her for dead, and Ditto can see that as a result of the gene-splicing experiments.

One night, the Supernaturalists stalk out a drag race, as the potential for fatal crashes, and Parasites, is large.

While imprisoned, Faustino reveals to the Supernaturalists that the bomb didn't kill the Parasites, that they do indeed take away pain, not life, and that she captured them to use for her own ends ; she's going to kill the Supernaturalists to not leave any loose ends.

The seven Bloodlines Parasites were created for the Bloodlines crossover.

The Parasites hail from the same dimension as a powerful Shaman named Pax who gained his own powers due to being bitten by one of them and left for dead.

Prolific writer Colin Wilson, best known for his debut work The Outsider ( 1956 ) and for The Mind Parasites ( 1967 ), lives in Gorran Haven, a village on the southern Cornish coast, not far from Mevagissey.

( 1984 ) Two new species of Acanthocephalan Parasites of marine fishes from Bay of Bengal off Purri coast Orissa.

Parasites can at times be difficult to distinguish from grazers.

Action Toy lines from Matchbox included Ring Raiders, Robotech, Voltron, Parasites, and Monster in My Pocket.

Parasites can get into the intestine by going through the mouth from uncooked or unwashed food, contaminated water or hands, or by skin contact with larva infected soil, they can also be transferred by the sexual act of anilingus in some cases.

Parasites identified from this shark include a tapeworm in the genus Monorygma, the fluke Otodistomum veliporum, and the nematode Mooleptus rabuka.

Hardy's politics are not always popular with the Radio 4 audience-in an appearance on Just A Minute in 2000 he earned boos from the audience and a reprimand from a fellow panelist, the former Liberal MP Sir Clement Freud, when Hardy responded to the subject ' Parasites ' by talking about the Royal Family.

Parasites begin life as a worm-like creatures which emerge from extraterrestrial spores.

When Parasites fight one another, they usually try to kill their opponent by severing the head from the body, or by piercing the heart ( or ripping it out from the victim ) in order to cause death by rapid, massive blood loss.

He must find a way to peacefully coexist with Migi, the Parasite which has taken over his hand, and reconcile his desire to protect humanity from the Parasites with his desire to keep his own Parasite a secret in order to avoid being killed or used as a laboratory specimen.

He and his Parasite must defend themselves from attacks by other Parasites, and their ability to think and act independently, and as a team, gives them a tactical edge over normal Parasites.

In any case, its lyrics first appeared as the poem " Suzanne Takes You Down " in Cohen's 1966 book of poetry Parasites of Heaven, admittedly because of lack of new material ( lyrics to a few other songs from his subsequent 1967 debut album were also printed in the book ).

Their group, the eponymous Supernaturalists, is attempting to kill as many Parasites in Satellite City as possible, to save people from having their life sucked out by the Parasites.

The Parasites take Stefan's pain from him as he dies, and Cosmo, Mona, and Ditto escape.

He was almost killed on an escape attempt along with his best friend ( Francis " Ziplock " Murphy ), but Cosmo was " saved " from the Parasites by the Supernaturalists who at the time still believed that the Parasites fed on life force, and not pain.

After the villain Ruin ( who was secretly Professor Hamilton ) performed some experiments, two new Parasites debuted, one purple, the other green.

Parasites reduce host biological fitness by general or specialized pathology, such as parasitic castration and impairment of secondary sex characteristics, to the modification of host behaviour.

Parasites that live on the surface of the host are called ectoparasites ( e. g. some mites ).

Parasites whose life cycle involves the death of the host, to exit the present host and sometimes to enter the next, evolve to be more virulent or even alter the behavior or other properties of the host to make it more vulnerable to predators.

Parasites that reproduce largely to the offspring of the previous host tend to become less virulent or mutualist, so that its hosts reproduce more effectively.

Parasites exhibit an aggregated distribution among host individuals, thus the majority of parasites live in the minority of hosts.

Parasites can provide information about host population ecology.

Although Parasites feel pain, it does not bother them, and they can shrug off a great deal of injury to their host body before dying.