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    COMMON INTESTINAL PARASITES

    SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME DISEASE


    NEMATODES (Nematoda) / Roundworms
    Ascaris lumbricoides Giant intestinal roundworm Ascariasis
    Ascaris suum Large, big, roundworm
    Enterobius vermicularis Pinworm (seatworm) Pinworm infection
    Trichuris trichiura Whipworm
    Trichuris suis Pig whipworm Intestinal disease
    Trichuris vulpis Dog whipworm
    Trichuris serrata Cat whipworm
    Capillaria phillipinensis Pudoc / mystery worm Human intestinal capillariasis
    Necator americanus New-world hookworm / Anemia and protein deficiency
    American murderer
    Ancylostoma duodenale Old-world hookworm Intestinal hookworm disease
    Ancylostoma braziliense Cat hookworm Cutaneous larva migrans
    Ancylostoma caninum Dog hookworm
    Wuchereria bancrofti Bancroft’s filarial worm Lymphatic filariasis
    Brugia malayi Malayan filaria worm
    Loa loa African eyeworm Loiasis
    Mansonella perstans Ugandan eyeworm Mansonellosis
    Onchocerca volvulus River blindness worm Onchocerciasis / river blindness
    Dirofilaria immitis Dog/ canine heartworm Heartworm disease
    Dracunculus medinensis Guinea worm/ Fiery serpent Drancunculiasis / Guinea worm
    of Israelites disease
    Anisakis Herring’s worm/ Cod worm/ Anisakiasis / herring worm
    Fish and marine mammal disease
    worm
    Toxocara cati Cat ascarid Toxocariasis
    Toxocara canis Dog ascarid
    TREMATODES / Flukes
    Fasciola hepatica Sheep/ Common liver fluke Fascioliasis
    Fasciola gigantica Giant/ Tropical liver fluke
    Chlonorchis sinensis Oriental/ Chinese liver fluke Cholangiocarcinoma
    Opistorchis felineus Cat/ Siberian liver fluke Cholangitis, cholecystitis, and
    cholangiocarcinoma
    Opistorchis viverrini Southeast Asian liver fluke Opisthorchiasis
    Fasciolopsis buski Giant intestinal fluke Fasciolopsiasis
    Echinostoma ilocanum Garrison’s fluke Echinostomiasis
    Heterphyes heterophyes Von Siebold’s fluke Heterophyasis
    Paragonimus westermani Oriental lung fluke Paragonimiasis
    Schistosoma japonicum Oriental blood fluke Acute Schiostosomiasis
    Schistosoma mansoni Manson’s blood fluke
    Schistosoma haematobium Bladder blood fluke / Schistosomiasis
    hematuria
    CESTODES / Tapeworm
    Taenia saginata Beef tapeworm
    Taenia solium Pork tapeworm Taeniasis
    Taenia asiatica Third taenia spp./ Asian
    tapeworm
    Hymenolepis nana Dwarf tapeworm Hymenolepis infection
    Hymenolepis diminuta Rat tapeworm
    Dipylidium caninum Double pored/ cucumber Dipylidium infection
    tapeworm
    Diphyllobothrium latum Broadfish tapeworm Diphyllobothriasis
    Echinococcus granulosus Hydatid tapeworm Cystic echinocccosis

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