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**** Cysticercus (larvareal ''[[Taenia solium]]'')
**** Cysticercus (larvareal ''[[Taenia solium]]'')
* '''Roundworms''' (nematodes)
* '''Roundworms''' (nematodes)
** Intestinal roundworms
** Filarial roundworms
*** ''[[Ascaris lumbricoides]]'' (great roundworm)
*** ''[[Necator americanus]]'' (New World hookworm)
*** ''[[Ancylostoma duodenale]]'' (Old World hookworm)
*** ''[[Strongyloides stercoralis]]'' (threadworm)
*** ''[[Trichuris trichuria]]'' (whipworm)
*** ''[[Enterobius vermicularis]]'' (pinworm)
** Tissue roundworms
*** ''[[Onchocerca volvulus]]'' (river blindness)
*** ''[[Onchocerca volvulus]]'' (river blindness)
*** ''[[Loa loa]]'' (eye worm)
*** ''[[Loa loa]]'' (eye worm)
*** ''[[Wucheria bancrofti]]'' (lymphatic filariasis)
*** ''[[Wucheria bancrofti]]'' (lymphatic filariasis)
*** ''[[Dracunculus medinensis]]'' (Guinea worm)
*** ''[[Dracunculus medinensis]]'' (Guinea worm)
*** ''[[Trichinella spiralis]]'' (pork worm)
*** ''[[Mansonella perstans]]''
** Non-filarial roundworms
*** ''[[Ancylostoma braziliense]]'' and other spp. ([[cutaneous larva migrans]], creeping eruption)
*** Intestinal roundworms
*** ''[[Toxocara canis]]'' and ''[[Toxocara cani]]'' ([[visceral larva migrans]])
*** ''[[Baylisascaris procyonis]]''
**** ''[[Ascaris lumbricoides]]'' (great roundworm)
**** ''[[Necator americanus]]'' (New World hookworm)
**** ''[[Ancylostoma duodenale]]'' (Old World hookworm)
**** ''[[Strongyloides stercoralis]]'' (threadworm)
**** ''[[Trichuris trichuria]]'' (whipworm)
**** ''[[Enterobius vermicularis]]'' (pinworm)
*** Tissue roundworms
**** ''[[Trichinella spiralis]]'' (pork worm)
**** ''[[Ancylostoma braziliense]]'' and other spp. ([[cutaneous larva migrans]], creeping eruption)
**** ''[[Toxocara canis]]'' and ''[[Toxocara cani]]'' ([[visceral larva migrans]])
**** ''[[Baylisascaris procyonis]]''


== Investigations ==
== Investigations ==

Revision as of 17:33, 14 December 2019

Investigations

  • Eosinophilia seen in tissue-invasive worms, not in those that live in the gut or in cystic structures