6 Parasites That Live INSIDE Cells

When you think "parasite," you might think of leeches or some nasty tape worm, but there are some that can live inside your very own cells. Check out Journey to the Microcosmos here:    / microcosmos   Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow   ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook:   / scishow   Twitter:   / scishow   Tumblr:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   ---------- Sources: Sources: CDC definition of parasite: https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/about.html Microsporidians https://web.stanford.edu/group/parasi... https://www.medicinenet.com/microspor... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/microsporidi... Polypodium https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com... https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... Rickettsia — broad group of parasites https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... https://www.cell.com/developmental-ce... https://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/healthcare-p... Chlamydia https://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/std... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... https://cvi.asm.org/content/24/10/e00... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdf... https://iai.asm.org/content/82/1/2 Malaria https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... http://sma.org/southern-medical-journ... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f... https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/h... https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/fore... https://www.pnas.org/content/early/20... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... Legionella https://www.cdc.gov/legionella/about/... https://www.bioscience.org/2002/v7/af... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB...