A Review on Ecosegregation and Parasitocoenosis of Helminthes: Perspective to Health and Sustainability

Authors

  • Babita Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana- Ambala, Haryana 133207, India.
  • Priya Panwar Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana- Ambala, Haryana 133207, India.
  • Sushil Kumar Upadhyay Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala, Haryana 133207, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Ecosegregation, Parasitocoenosis, Parasitic helminthes, Zoonoses, Health and Sustainability

Abstract

The parasitic helminthes are a group of  invertebrates and including animals which have  been adapted themselves to the parasitic mode of  life. These are belonging to two important phyla  namely, platyhelminthes and Aschelminthes. The  parasites are those organism which lives at the  expense of other organism, and in return causes  injury or harm to the host. Thus it is an  association in which one organism i.e. the  parasite, is benefited while another one, the host,  is harmed is called parasitism; however,  behavior, occurrence, establishment and cuases of  of parasitism known as parasitocoenosis. The  parasitism has evolved accidently as a result of  contact between different forms of animals,  mainly for the purpose of obtaining nourishment  and receiving shelter. An ideal parasite never  causes too much harm to its host because if the  host dies the parasite depending upon the host  will also have to die. The parasitism and  parasitocoenosis is a matter of conflict and  ambiguity either it is structured association based  on ecosegregation and microhabitat specificity or  a stochastic assemblages and accidental contact  due to utilization of common habitat and life  style. The helminthes zoonotic infections are  among the most common on erath and are  responsible for major human infectious diseases.  Some of the most important and well known  human zoonoses are caused by parasitic  helminthes including anisakiasis, trichinellosis,  cysticercosis, echinococcosis, schistosomiasis, etc.  However, along with social, epidemiological and  environmental changes, together with improvements in our ability to diagnose helminth infections, several neglected parasite species are now fast-becoming recognized as important zoonotic diseases of humans, e.g., anasakiasis, several fish-borne trematodiasis and fasciolosis. In the present review, we discuss the current status of the primary helminth zoonotic infections with particular emphasis on their ecosegregation and parasitocoenosis. Advances in molecular biology, proteomics and the release of helminth genome-sequencing project data are revolutionizing parasitology research. The  authors wish to suppose and hupothesize  

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2019-06-20

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A Review on Ecosegregation and Parasitocoenosis of Helminthes: Perspective to Health and Sustainability . (2019). Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology , 38(1), 40–51. https://doi.org/10.48165/