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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 23:15, 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