Parasites normally do not kill their hosts, but parasitoids do. Parasites are usually only an issue with weakened individuals or captive individuals whose parasite loads are high enough to be a problem. Parasitoids, on the other hand, kill their hosts or make them incapable of reproduction--which may as well be death since it removes it from the breeding population.
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