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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
* '''Single-celled (protozoa)'''
 
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** Compare to mutualism or commensalism
** Intestinal
 
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* Includes [[protozoa]], [[helminths]], and [[ectoparasites]]
*** 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]]''
 
   
 
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[[Category:Organisms]]

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