Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Parasites in general are hosts-dependent organisms that obtain nutrients while potentially harming their host in the process. [ 1 ] 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 the current host and enter ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. Parasite * List of parasitic organisms This page was last edited on 20 December 2023, at 02:18 (UTC). Text is ...
The CDC found the most common species of parasite among people without any history of travel was a bug known as Leishmania mexicana. Within this species, the CDC detected two distinct genotypes ...
Common name Scientific name Range Host species [c] Shiny cowbird: Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) At least 102 species [7] Brown-headed cowbird: Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783) At least 174 species [7] Screaming cowbird: Molothrus rufoaxillaris Cassin, 1866: Most commonly Agelaioides badius, occasionally four other species [d] [8 ...
Pages in category "Parasites of humans" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Sandfly species transmit the disease leishmaniasis, by acting as vectors for protozoan Leishmania species, and tsetse flies transmit protozoan trypansomes (Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypansoma brucei rhodesiense) which cause African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). Ticks and lice form another large group of invertebrate vectors.