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| − | * Eukaryotic single- or multi-cellular organisms |
+ | * 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 |
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| + | * Includes [[protozoa]], [[helminths]], and [[ectoparasites]] |
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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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| − | **** ''[[Naegleria 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 (helminths) == |
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| − | * Nematodes (roundworms) |
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| − | ** Filarial/filariasis |
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| − | *** [[Lymphatic filariasis]] (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]]'' |
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[[Category:Organisms]] |
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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
