Parasites, by definition from the CDC, are “organisms that live on or in a host organism and get food from, or at the expense of, its host. These infections are very frequent in tropic and subtropic climates and cause a high rate of disease and death globally. Malaria alone kills 660,000 people each year, and the five parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that have been mostly ignored by the public health community affect more than “one billion people– one sixth of the world’s population– largely in rural areas and low-income countries.”  Despite the fact that parasitic diseases manifest mostly in low-income countries and rural areas with tropical climates, these nasty bugs are also present in the United States and other developed countries.