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A mathematical model for understanding parasitism is proposed and developed. This model allows us to trace a distinction between the phenomena of parasitism and parasitic disease, respectively. The philosophical and theoretical framework for this model is Bunge’s systemic ontology. Parasitism is understood as a biological subsystem, which can result in parasitosis or parasitic disease when destabilizing factors are present.
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Yannarella, F., Chaparro, M.A.E., Villavicencio-Pulido, J.G., Orensanz, M., Denegri, G.M. (2019). Bungean Systemic Ontology and Its Application to Research in Animal Parasitism. In: Matthews, M.R. (eds) Mario Bunge: A Centenary Festschrift. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16673-1_32
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