1 In men with established coronary heart disease, consumption of 1-14 alcoholic drinks per week, including wine, doesn't seem to have any effect on heart disease or all-cause mortality compared with men who drink less than one drink per week.
Terminology [edit]. Although organisms such as bacteria function as parasites, the usage of the term parasitic disease is usually more restricted. The three main types of organisms causing these conditions are protozoa (causing protozoan infection), helminths (helminthiasis), and ectoparasites.ome parasites like Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium spp. can cause disease directly, but other organisms can cause disease by the toxins that they produce.
Some fungi cause disease when they become human parasites. Two examples are fungi in the genera Candida and Trichophyton. 1  Candida are yeast that cause candidiasis, commonly called a âyeast infection.â The yeast can infect the mouth or the vagina (in females). Protozoa make humans sick when they become human parasites. 2  Trypanosoma protozoa cause Chagas disease and sleeping sickness. 3  Giardia protozoa cause giardiasis, and Plasmodium protozoa cause malaria. 4  Fungi cause three different types of human illness: poisonings, parasitic infections, and allergies.