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* Eukaryotic single- or multi-cellular organisms
* '''Single-celled (protozoa)'''
 
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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]]''
 
** Intestinal
 
** Intestinal
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*** ''[[Fasciolopsis]]''
*** Amoeba
 
**** ''[[Entamoeba histolytica]]''
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** ''[[Schistosoma]]''
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*** ''[[Schistosoma haematobium]]''
*** Flagellates
 
**** ''[[Giardia]]''
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*** ''[[Schistosoma mansoni]]''
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*** "Coccidia" (not a microbiologically-sound category)
 
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== Ectoparasites ==
**** ''[[Cryptosporidium]]''
 
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* Fleas
**** ''[[Cyclospora]]''
 
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* Lice
**** ''[[Isospora]]''
 
*** Ciliated
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** Body lice
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** Head lice
**** ''[[Balantidium coli]]''
 
** Blood
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** Pubic lice
*** ''[[Plasmodium]]''
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* [[Scabies]]
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* Myiasis
*** ''[[Babesia]]''
 
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** ''[[Dermatobia hominis]]'' (human botfly)
** Tissue
 
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** ''[[Cordylobia anthropophaga]]'' (tumbu fly)
*** Brain
 
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** ''[[Cochliomyia hominivorax]]'' (New World screwworm fly)
**** ''[[Toxoplasma gondii]]''
 
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** ''[[Chrysomya bezziana]]'' (Old World screwworm fly)
**** Free-living amoebae
 
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* Tungiasis
***** ''[[Naegleria fowleri]]''
 
***** ''[[Balamuthia mandrillaris]]''
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** ''[[Tunga penetrans]]''
*** 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 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]]''
 
**** 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]]
 
[[Category:Organisms]]

Revision as of 14:15, 2 December 2019

  • Eukaryotic single- or multi-cellular organisms

Single-celled (protozoa)

Multicellular (helminths)

Ectoparasites