Protozoan Parasites, Worms, And Lice

Latin name Disease Chapter

Acanthamoeba species

chronic meningitis, parasitic amebic meningoencephalitis 19, 21, 24, 26

Ancylostoma duodenale

hookworm infection 14, 22

Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm)

ascariasis 14, 19

Brugia malayi

filariasis (lymphadenitis, lymphadenopathy, elephantiasis) 25

Clonorchis sinensis(Asian liver fluke)

clonorchiasis 14

Cryptosporidium parvum

cryptosporidosis 8, 17, 22

Entamoeba histolytica

amebiasis 14, 19, 22

Enterobius vermicularis (pin worm)

enterobiasis 14, 19

Giardia duodenalis

gastrointestinal infections, giardiasis, watery diarrhea 22

Giardia intestinales (Giardia lamblia)

giardiasis 5, 6, 14

Leishmania species

cutaneous leishmaniasis (skin lesions) 14, 15, 17, 19, 26

Loa loa

Loaiasis 26

Microsporidium species

opportunistic parasite associated with AIDS 17

Naegleria species

primary amebic meningoencephalitis 14, 24

Necator americanus (hookworm)

hookworm disease 14, 22

Onchocerca volvulus

onchocerciasis (river blindness) 19, 26

Paragonimus species (lung fluke)

paragonimiasis 14

Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse)

head lice 26

Pediculus humanus corporis (body louse, clothes louse)

body lice, genital lice (crabs) 26

Plasmodium species

malaria 5, 6, 8, 15, 17, 19

Plasmodium falciparum

malaria 14, 19

Plasmodium vivax

malaria 14

Schistosoma species (flukes)

schistosomiasis 14

Strongyloides stercoralis (roundworm)

gastrointestinal parasitic infection 14

Taenia species

tapeworm 14, 19

Toxoplasma species

toxoplasmosis 17, 19

Toxoplasma gondii

chronic meningitis, toxoplasmosis, 6, 14, 24

Trichinella species

trichinosis 6, 14, 18

Trichinella spiralis

chronic meningitis, food poisoning, myalgia 14, 22, 24

Trichomonas vaginalis

trichomoniasis, vaginitis 14, 19, 23

Trichuris trichiura (whipworm)

whipworm infection 14, 19, 22

Trypanosoma brucei brucei, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) 6, 14, 19, 24, 25

Trypanosoma cruzi

Chagas' disease, heart and gastrointestinal lesions 6, 14, 19, 25

Wuchereria bancrofti

filariasis (lymphadenitis, lymphadenopathy, elephantiasis) 25