Examples of parasitism

Question

Write down some examples of the parasitism.

Answer 1

Classical examples are parasites of the humans (host), such as the trypanosome which causes Chagas' disease, the bacteria which causes tuberculosis, the HIV virus (AIDS), the schistosome which causes schistosomiasis, the hookworms, and so on. Other examples includes tree (host) and parasitic helminths (parasite), dog (host) and lice (parasite), cattle (host) and tick (parasite), etc.