K. Shyamasundari

Medical Parasitology K. Shyamasundari

Parasites and parasitic morbidity and/or disease seem to be a birth right of the tropics. This is a sequel to greater biodiversity fragmented in relation to biogeography and climatic shifts congenial to nocturnal enemies of humans, like mosquitoes. At the base of parasitic diseases, man has recognized a dichotomy namely, animal diseases and diseases of man but there may be links between humans and animal (zoonoses). We are just begining to understand what is known as zoonoses. India can now boast