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* 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]]''
 
   
 
[[Category:Organisms]]
 
[[Category:Organisms]]

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