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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
* 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]]''


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[[Category:Organisms]]

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