Intestinal parasitic infestation.

Is that so parasitic?

Her guts were swimming with parasitic worms.

Three quarters of all activity is parasitic.

And here comes the salvation through this parasitic wasp.

Indigenous peoples are particularly subject to infectious and parasitic diseases.

This is a parasitic wasp, again, two millimeters long, slender, a very quick and sharp flier.

The morbidity of contagious and parasitic diseases in FBiH in 2001 amounts to 2415 for every 100.000 people.

Now, am I saying that a sizable minority of the world's population has had their brain hijacked by parasitic ideas?

The Programme of Action recognizes that infectious and parasitic diseases continue to be a major affliction of large numbers of people.

In the total structure of contagious and parasitic diseases in 2001, the most represented one is the group of respiratory contagious diseases with 84,8 cases of diseases, then the group of intestinal contagious diseases with 10,4 and parasitic diseases with 3,4 , while the remaining 1,5 consists of other contagious diseases.

It's a parasitic brain worm that has to get into the stomach of a sheep or a cow in order to continue its life cycle.

UNICEF also provided an in kind donation of a wide spectrum anti parasitic drug to support a de worming campaign in Jordan (see para. 140).

The leading causes of infant deaths are perinatal disorders, low birth weight, birth asphyxia birth trauma, diseases of the respiratory system, parasitic diseases and intestinal infections.

Although the incidence of infectious and parasitic diseases declined in 2001, the incidence of syphilis and gonorrhoea remained unchanged 0.9 and 0.19 of all pregnant women respectively.

And in 30,000 square meters of state of the art greenhouses, there, we are mass producing those predatory mites, those minute pirate bugs, those parasitic wasps, etc., etc.

Both in the structure of morbidity and the structure of mortality for children, the main causes are infectious parasitic diseases, respiratory illnesses and conditions arising in the perinatal period.

Sanitary aspects constitute the most serious impact of the process of urbanization, with high rates of incidence of infectious and parasitic diseases that caused by lack of water supply and sanitation.

In 2001, 41.5 of infant mortalities were caused by perinatal pathologies, 34.5 by inborn anomalies, 5.1 by injuries, poisoning and other external factors, 2.3 by infectious and parasitic diseases, and 3.2 by respiratory system diseases.

The New Atheists, for example, argue that religion is a set of memes, sort of parasitic memes, that get inside our minds and make us do all kinds of crazy religious stuff, self destructive stuff, like suicide bombing.

When we compare these indicators to data from 2000, we find that the proportion of deaths caused by perinatal pathologies continues to decline, while infant deaths from inborn anomalies, infectious and parasitic diseases and respiratory problems has increased.

Problems included the possibility of spontaneous abortion (17.6 in 2001, 17.5 in 2000 and 17.7 in 1999), infectious or parasitic diseases (5.7 in 2001, 7.2 in 2000 and 6.4 in 1999), including STDs (5.0 , 6.1 and 5.2 respectively).

If the rate of infectious and parasitic diseases in a three year period in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is observed, it becomes evident that the trend is, more or less, constant with the exception of parotitis epidemical and virus hepatitis A.

The proposed strategy also complements other major strategies, including the new UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene strategies for 2006 2015 (E ICEF 2006 6) to reduce the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, parasitic infections and acute respiratory infections on child survival and undernutrition.

Mass immunization has largely eliminated polio. Thanks to new programs of oral rehydration and improved water and sanitation, we have seen marked gains in treating dysentery and other parasitic diseases, contributing to a 27 decline between 1990 and 2007 in mortality rates for children under five.

Infant mortality In 2000, the deaths of infants were caused by a variety of factors 46.2 of infants died because of perinatal pathologies, 32 of inborn anomalies, 5.2 of injuries, poisoning and other external factors, 1.9 of infectious or parasitic disease, and 1.4 of problems with the respiratory system.

If we compare these indicators with data from 1999, we find that thanks to the improvements in the quality and technologies of the health care, the incidence of perinatal pathologies has declined in terms of infant mortality, as has the extent to which infants die from infectious or parasitic diseases or respiratory problems.

These brigades also include epidemiologists and nursing staff. In response to the 9 November joint statement by Central American Presidents, and to help in the rehabilitation of the extensive areas affected by hurricane Mitch, my Government decided to cancel Nicaragua apos s debt to Cuba, which amounted to 50.1 million. Moreover, 1.1 tons of medicines including antibiotic, anti parasitic and anti diarrhoeic drugs and 6 tons of rat poison have been sent to Nicaragua.