Parasitology is the study of parasites, their
hosts, and the relationship between them. As a
biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question, but by their way of life. This means it forms a synthesis of other disciplines, and draws on techniques from fields such as
cell biology,
bioinformatics,
biochemistry,
molecular biology,
immunology,
genetics,
evolution and
ecology.