Parasites: Difference between revisions

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

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