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These can be categorized into three groups; cestodes, nematodes and trematodes.Examples include: Acanthocephala; Ascariasis (roundworms); Cestoda (tapeworms) including: Taenia saginata (human beef tapeworm), Taenia solium (human pork tapeworm), Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm) and Echinococcosis (hydatid tapeworm)
Main article: Human parasite Endoparasites Protozoan organisms Common name of organism or disease Latin name (sorted) Body parts affected Diagnostic specimen Prevalence Source/Transmission (Reservoir/Vector) Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and Acanthamoeba keratitis (eye infection) Acanthamoeba spp. eye, brain, skin culture worldwide contact lenses cleaned with contaminated tap water ...
Aspergillus species Aspergillosis: Chest X-ray and CT, microscopy by silver stains: Voriconazole and liposomal amphotericin B in combination with surgical debridement: No Astroviridae species Astrovirus infection Electron microscopy, enzyme-immunoassay , immunofluorescence, and polymerase chain reaction: Supportive care No Babesia species ...
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Entamoeba histolytica is a pathogenic parasite known to cause amoebiasis, which is the third leading cause of parasitic deaths. [20] It is diagnosed by the assessment of stool samples. [ 21 ] Amoebiasis is caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with feces or other bodily wastes of an infected person, which contain cysts, the ...
Human parasites are divided into endoparasites, which cause infection inside the body, and ectoparasites, which cause infection superficially within the skin. The cysts and eggs of endoparasites may be found in feces , which aids in the detection of the parasite in the human host while also providing the means for the parasitic species to exit ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This list may not reflect recent changes. Parasite * List of parasitic organisms This page was last ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... parasitoid species that is the primary antagonist of the Alien franchise; ... List of fictional parasites.