PARASITE A.K.

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Trichuris trichiura Whip worm
Enterobius
vermicularis
Seat worm
Pin worm
Trichinella spiralis
Capillaria
Philippinensis

Ascaris Lumbricoides

Most common
intestinal nematode
Giant Round
Worm
Ancyclostoma
Duodenale
Old World Hook
Worm
Necator Americanus New world Hook
Worm
Strongyloides
Stercoralis
Thread Worm
Brugia Malayi
Wuchereria Bancrofti
Loa Loa
Dracunculus
Medinensis
Fiery Serpent
Israelites

Guinea worm
Oncocerca Volvulus
Angiostrongylus
Cantonensis
Rat Lung Worm
Angiostrongylus
costaricensis

Anisakis Herring disease
Schistosoma
Hematobium

Platy-helminthes

Schistosoma Mansoni

Platy-helminthes

Schistosoma
Japonicum

Platy-helminthes

Schistosoma
Intercalatum

Schistosoma Mekongi
Fasciola Hepatica

Fasciolidae
Sheep Liver
Fluke
Fasciola Gigantica

Fasciolidae
Giant Liver Fluke
Clonorchis Sinensis

Opistorchidae
Chinese Liver
Fluke
Opistorchis Felineus

Opistorchidae
Cat Liver Fluke
Opistrochis Viverrini

Opistorchidae

Dicrocoelium
Dendriticum

Dicrocoellidae
Lancet fluke
Paragonimus
Westermani
Oriental Lung
Fluke
Fasciolopsis Buski
Heterophyes
Heterophyes

Metagonimus
yokogawai

Echinostoma Ilocanum
Taenia Solium Pork Tapeworm
Taenia Saginata

Longest Tapeworm
Beef Tapeworm
Echinococcus
Granulosus

Smallest tapeworm in
man
Parasite of dog
Diphyllobothrium
Latum
Fish/Broad t-
worm
Dipylidium Caninum Dog T-worm

Double Pored T-
worm
Hymenolepsis Nana Dwarf T-worm
Hymenolepsis
Diminuta
Rat T-worm
Sparganosis

Mansoni,
Erinacei,
Ranarum
Spirometra
Entamoeba Histolytica Ameba
Naegleria fowleri
Acanthamoeba
Entamoeba coli
Entamoeba Gingivalis
Endolimax nana
Iodamoeba butschlii
Entamoeba hartmanii
Balantidium Coli

Largest prot parasite
only ciliate

Giardia Lamblia Gay Bowel Syn
Trichomonas vaginalis
Dientamoeba Frgilis
Leishmania Tropica Old World Cut
Leish
Leishmania Donovani
Leishmania Braziliensis New World Cut
Leish
Trichomonas Tenax
Chilomastix Mesnili
Trypanosoma
Gambiense
West African
Sleeping
Sickness
Trypanosoma
Rhodesiense
East African
Sleeping
Sickness
Trypanosoma Cruzi Chagas Disease
Toxoplasma gondii
Isospora Belli
Pneumocystis Carinii
Plasmodium
Falciparum

Plasmodium Vivax
Plasmodium Malariae
Plasmodium Ovale