infestation - the state of being invaded or overrun by parasitesfascioliasis, fasciolosis - infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot fasciolopsiasis - infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski; common in eastern Asia dracunculiasis, Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease - a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin enterobiasis - an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis; occurs especially in children bilharzia, bilharziasis, schistosomiasis - an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected myositis trichinosa, trichiniasis, trichinosis - infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted fullness - the condition of being filled to capacity ascariasis - infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms coccidiosis - (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia myiasis - infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation onchocerciasis, river blindness - infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America opisthorchiasis - infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia trichuriasis - infestation by a roundworm; common in tropical areas with poor sanitation |