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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 ...
Baylisascaris infection No BK virus: BK virus infection No Piedraia hortae: Black piedra: Stain or culture Antifungal shampoos such as pyrithione zinc, formaldehyde and salicylic acid: No Blastocystis species Blastocystosis: microscopic examination of a chemically preserved stool specimen
[4] [5] [6] Small animals, such as helminths and insects, can also cause or transmit disease. However, these animals are usually referred to as parasites rather than pathogens. [ 7 ] The scientific study of microscopic organisms, including microscopic pathogenic organisms, is called microbiology , while parasitology refers to the scientific ...
Routes of exposure and infection include ingestion of undercooked meat, drinking infected water, fecal–oral transmission and skin absorption. Some types of helminths and protozoa are classified as intestinal parasites that cause infection—those that reside in the intestines. These infections can damage or sicken the host (humans or other ...
But there are a few species that, when they bite, can cause serious symptoms. Brown recluse spider bites. What they look like: At first, a brown recluse spider bite may look like a bug bite or bee ...
Chagas disease is caused by infection with the protozoan parasite T. cruzi, which is typically introduced into humans through the bite of triatomine bugs, also called "kissing bugs". [4] When the insect defecates at the bite site, motile T. cruzi forms called trypomastigotes enter the bloodstream and invade various host cells. [ 5 ]
Human flea: Flea: Tungiasis: Fly : Cochliomyia hominivorax (screw-worm) Fly : Cordylobia anthropophaga (blow-fly) Fly : Dermatobia hominis (botfly) Hemiptera: Bed bug: Louse: Pediculosis capitis Louse: Pediculosis corporis Louse: Pediculosis pubis
In fact, a 2018 systematic review published in BMC Health concluded that “house flies carry a large number of pathogens which can cause serious infections in humans and animals.” Yikes. Yikes.