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Eukaryotic single- or multi-cellular organisms

Single-celled (protozoa)

Intestinal
- 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
    - Naegleria fowleri
    - Balamuthia mandrillaris
- Muscle
  - Sarcocystis
- Kinetoplasts: flagellated protozoa with DNA inside large mitochondria at one end

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
- 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 penetrants

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+* Eukaryotic single- or multi-cellular organisms
-* '''Single-celled (protozoa)'''
+== Single-celled (protozoa) ==
+* Intestinal
+** 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
+**** ''[[Naegleria fowleri]]''
+**** ''[[Balamuthia mandrillaris]]''
+** Muscle
+*** ''[[Sarcocystis]]''
+** Kinetoplasts: flagellated protozoa with DNA inside large mitochondria at one end
+*** [[Chagas]]
+*** [[Human African trypanosomiasis]]
+*** [[Leishmaniasis]]
+== 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]]''
+** Liver
+*** ''[[Fasciola hepatica]]''
+*** ''[[Opisthorchis viverrini]]'' & ''[[Clonorchis sinensis]]''
 ** Intestinal
+*** ''[[Fasciolopsis]]''
-*** Amoeba
-**** ''[[Entamoeba histolytica]]''
+** ''[[Schistosoma]]''
+*** ''[[Schistosoma haematobium]]''
-*** Flagellates
-**** ''[[Giardia]]''
+*** ''[[Schistosoma mansoni]]''
-*** "Coccidia" (not a microbiologically-sound category)
+== Ectoparasites ==
-**** ''[[Cryptosporidium]]''
+* Fleas
-**** ''[[Cyclospora]]''
+* Lice
-**** ''[[Isospora]]''
-*** Ciliated
+** Body lice
+** Head lice
-**** ''[[Balantidium coli]]''
-** Blood
+** Pubic lice
-*** ''[[Plasmodium]]''
+* [[Scabies]]
+* Myiasis
-*** ''[[Babesia]]''
+** ''[[Dermatobia hominis]]'' (human botfly)
-** Tissue
+** ''[[Cordylobia anthropophaga]]'' (tumbu fly)
-*** Brain
+** ''[[Cochliomyia hominivorax]]'' (New World screwworm fly)
-**** ''[[Toxoplasma gondii]]''
+** ''[[Chrysomya bezziana]]'' (Old World screwworm fly)
-**** Free-living amoebae
+* Tungiasis
-***** ''[[Naegleria fowleri]]''
-***** ''[[Balamuthia mandrillaris]]''
+** ''[[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]]