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* Eukaryotic single- or multi-cellular organisms
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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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** Compare to mutualism or commensalism
 
* Includes [[protozoa]], [[helminths]], and [[ectoparasites]]
 
* Includes [[protozoa]], [[helminths]], and [[ectoparasites]]
 
== Multicellular (helminths) ==
 
* '''Nematodes''' (roundworms)
 
** Filarial/filariasis
 
*** [[Lymphatic filariasis]] (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 species]]
 
** Liver
 
*** ''[[Fasciola hepatica]]'' (common liver fluke or sheep liver fluke)
 
*** ''[[Opisthorchis viverrini]]'' (Southeast Asian liver fluke)
 
*** ''[[Clonorchis sinensis]]'' (Chinese liver fluke)
 
*** ''[[Metorchis conjunctus]]'' (Canadian liver fluke)
 
*** ''[[Dicrocoelium dendriticum]]'' (lancet liver fluke)
 
** Intestinal
 
*** ''[[Echinostoma revolutum]]''
 
*** ''[[Fasciolopsis buskii]]''
 
*** [[Metagonimus species]]
 
*** ''[[Heterophyes heterophyes]]''
 
** Blood: [[Schistosoma species]]
 
*** ''[[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]]
 
[[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