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(thing) by alex.tan Fri Jun 09 2000 at 8:33:25

In humans these can be divided into two groups: protozoa (all the single-celled parasites) and metazoa (multicellular parasites)

The common parasites are:

Protozoa

  • Plasmodium - vivax, falciparum, ovale (malaria)
  • Leishmania (Kala-azar)
  • Trypanosoma (Chagas' disease, sleeping sickness)
  • Giardia intestinalis
  • Trichomonas vaginalis
  • Cryptosporidia, Cyclospora, Isospora, Microsporidia, Blastocystis, Dientamoeba
  • Entamoeba histolytica (amoebiasis)
  • Toxoplasma gondii (toxoplasmosis)
  • Acanthomoeba, Naegleria (amoebic meningitis)
  • {Pneumocystis} (actually more a fungus than a protozoan)



Metazoa
Nematodes (Roundworms)
Tissue nematodes:

  • Wucheria
  • Brugia (filariasis)
  • Onchocerca (river blindness)
  • Loa loa
  • Toxocara (visceral larva migrans)
  • Angiostrongylus (eosinophilic meningitis)
  • Trichinella

Gut nematodes:
  • Enterobius (pinworm)
  • Trichuris (whipworm)
  • Ancylostoma
  • Necator (hookworm)
  • Ascaris
  • Strongyloides

Cestodes (Tapeworms)

  • Taenia solium - pork (cysticercosis)
  • Taenia saginata - beef
  • Echinococcus (hydatid)
  • Diphyllobothrum

Trematodes (Flukes)

  • Schistosoma - haematobium, japonicum, mansoni (schistosomiasis)
  • Clonorchis and Opisthorchus (liver fluke)
  • Paragonimus (lung fluke)

not an exhaustive list, of course.


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