Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Water Parasites

Water parasites are parasitic organisms transmitted through water or associated with aquatic environments, encompassing protozoa and helminths whose infective stages contaminate drinking water, recreational water and food irrigated or washed with it. Waterborne and water-related parasites include intestinal protozoa…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 52× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2690-6759 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Water parasites are parasitic organisms transmitted through water or associated with aquatic environments, encompassing protozoa and helminths whose infective stages contaminate drinking water, recreational water and food irrigated or washed with it. Waterborne and water-related parasites include intestinal protozoa and helminth eggs and larvae, as well as parasites with aquatic intermediate hosts such as schistosomes, and they are a major cause of diarrhoeal and chronic parasitic disease where sanitation and water treatment are inadequate. Transmission follows the faecal–oral route or contact with contaminated water, and infection can cause gastrointestinal illness, nutritional impairment, anaemia and systemic disease, with children particularly affected. Control depends on safe water supply, sanitation, hygiene and treatment, supported by parasitological surveillance using stool and water examination and molecular detection. Research relevant to this field, drawn from parasitological investigation, addresses the prevalence, transmission and control of these organisms: intestinal parasitic helminths among schoolchildren, intestinal protozoan epidemiology, schistosomiasis prevalence in riverine communities, waterborne-disease management strategies, gastrointestinal parasites in livestock, and anthelmintic evaluation. The peer-reviewed literature in this area examines the epidemiology, water-related transmission, diagnosis and control of protozoan and helminth parasites, linking parasite biology to water quality, sanitation and public-health intervention.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 52 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Parasite Research (ISSN 2690-6759).

Journal editorial board
DABBU JAIJYAN · United States Aditya Gupta · United States Naglaa Shalaby · Saudi Arabia

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