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+ | * Eukaryotic single- or multi-cellular organisms that benefit from a relationship with a host organism, which is harmed in the process |
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− | == Clinical Classification == |
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+ | ** Compare to mutualism or commensalism |
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+ | * Includes [[protozoa]], [[helminths]], and [[ectoparasites]] |
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+ | [[Category:Organisms]] |
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− | * '''Single-celled (protozoa)''' |
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− | ** Intestinal |
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− | *** Amoeba |
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− | **** ''[[Entamoeba histolytica]]'' |
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− | *** Flagellates |
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− | **** ''[[Giardia]]'' |
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− | *** "Coccidia" (not a microbiologically-sound category) |
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− | **** ''[[Cryptosporidium]]'' |
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− | **** ''[[Cyclospora]]'' |
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− | **** ''[[Isospora]]'' |
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− | *** Ciliated |
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− | **** ''[[Balantidium coli]]'' |
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− | ** Blood |
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− | *** [[Plasmodium]] |
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− | *** [[Babesia]] |
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− | ** Tissue |
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− | *** Brain |
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− | **** ''[[Toxoplasma gondii]]'' |
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− | **** Free-living amoebae |
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− | ***** ''[[Naeglaria fowleri]]'' |
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− | ***** ''[[Balamuthia mandrillaris]]'' |
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− | *** Muscle |
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− | **** [[Sarcocystis]] |
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− | *** Kinetoplasts: flagellated protozoa with DNA inside large mitochondria at one end |
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− | **** [[Chagas]] |
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− | **** [[Human African trypanosomiasis]] |
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− | **** [[Leishmaniasis]] |
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− | * '''Multicellular''' |
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− | ** Worms (helminths) |
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− | *** Nematodes (roundworms) |
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− | **** Filarial/filariasis |
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− | ***** Lymphatic (elephantiasis) |
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− | ****** ''[[Wuchereria bancrofti]]'' |
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− | ****** ''[[Brugia malayi]]'' |
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− | ****** ''[[Brugia timori]]'' |
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− | ***** Subsutaneous/tissue |
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− | ****** ''[[Onchocerca volvulus]]'' |
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− | ****** ''[[Loa loa]]'' |
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− | ***** Serous |
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− | ****** ''[[Mansonella perstans]]'' |
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− | ****** ''[[Mansonella ozzardi]]'' |
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− | **** Non-filarial |
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− | ***** Soil-transmitted |
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− | ****** ''[[Ascaris lumbricoides]]'' (great roundworm) |
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− | ****** ''[[Trichuris trichiura]]'' (whipworm) |
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− | ****** Hookworm |
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− | ******* ''[[Ancylostoma duodenale]]'' (Old World hookworm) |
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− | ******* ''[[Necator americanus]]'' (New World hookworm) |
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− | ****** ''[[Strongyloides stercoralis]]'' (threadworm) |
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− | ***** Non-soil-transmitted |
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− | ****** ''[[Enterobius vermicularis]]'' (pinworm) |
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− | ****** ''[[Trichinella spiralis]]'' |
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− | ****** ''[[Balisascaris procyonis]]'' |
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− | ****** ''[[Dracunculus medinensis]]'' (Guinea worm) |
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− | ****** ''[[Angiostrongylus cantonensis]]'' |
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− | ****** ''[[Anisakis]]'' (herring worm) |
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− | ****** ''[[Gnathostoma]]'' |
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− | *** Cestodes (tapeworms) |
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− | **** ''[[Taenia saginata]]'' |
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− | **** ''[[Taenia solium]]'' |
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− | ***** Adult worm |
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− | ***** Neurocysticercosis |
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− | **** ''[[Echinococcus]]'' |
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− | **** ''[[Diphyllobothrium]]'' |
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− | *** Trematodes (flatworms/flukes) |
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− | **** Lung |
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− | ***** ''[[Paragonimus]]'' |
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− | **** Liver |
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− | ***** ''[[Fasciola hepatica]]'' |
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− | ***** ''[[Opisthorchis viverrini]]'' & ''[[Clonorchis sinensis]]'' |
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− | **** Intestinal |
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− | ***** ''[[Fasciolopsis]]'' |
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− | **** ''[[Schistosoma]]'' |
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− | ***** ''[[Schistosoma haematobium]]'' |
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− | ***** ''[[Schistosoma mansoni]]'' |
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− | ** Ectoparasites |
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− | *** Fleas |
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− | *** Lice |
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− | **** Body lice |
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− | **** Head lice |
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− | **** Pubic lice |
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− | *** Scabies |
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− | *** Myiasis |
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− | **** ''[[Dermatobia hominis]]'' (human botfly) |
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− | **** ''[[Cordylobia anthropophaga]]'' (tumbu fly) |
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− | **** ''[[Cochliomyia hominivorax]]'' (New World screwworm fly) |
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− | **** ''[[Chrysomya bezziana]]'' (Old World screwworm fly) |
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− | *** Tungiasis |
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− | **** ''[[Tunga penetrans]]'' |
Latest revision as of 19:15, 18 December 2019
- Eukaryotic single- or multi-cellular organisms that benefit from a relationship with a host organism, which is harmed in the process
- Compare to mutualism or commensalism
- Includes protozoa, helminths, and ectoparasites