Common Names Of Parasites Flashcards by Michaella Morano

Giant intestinal roundworm
Lumbricus teres
Eenworm

Ascaris lumbricoides

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American murderer

New World Hookworm

Necator americanus

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Old world Hookworm

Ancylostoma duodenale

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Cat hookworm

Ancylostoma braziliense

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Dog hookworm

Ancylostoma caninum

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Whipworm

Trichuris trihiura

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Threadworm

Strongyloides stercoralis

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Oxyurus
Pinworm
Seatworm
Society worm

Enterobius vermicularis

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Mystery worm

Pudoc worm

Capillaria philippinensis

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Dog/cat ascarid

Toxocara canis/cat

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Bancroft’s filarial worm

Wuchereria bancrofti

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Malayan filarial worm

Brugan filiariasis

Bruhua malayi

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River blindness worm

Blinding worm

Onchocerca volvulus

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African eye worm

Loa loa

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Shepherd’a crook

Mansonella streptocerca

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Garbage worm
Muscle worm
Pork worm

Trichinea spiralis

Fiery serpent of the eat

Guinea worm

Dracunculus medinensis

Pork tapeworm

Taenia soliun

Beef tapeworm

Taenia saginata

Dwarf tapeworm

Hymenolepis nana

Rat tapeworm

Hymenolepis diminuta

Dog tapeworm

Double pored tapeworm

Dipylidium caninum

Fish tapeworm

Broad tapeworm

Dipylidium caninum

Oriental blood fluke

Schistosoma japonicum

Bladder fluke

Schistosoma harmatobium

Profile of a man

Manson’s blood fluke

Schistosoma mansoni

Lung fluke
Oriental lung fluke
Pulmonary distomiasis
Endemic hemoptysis
Parasitic hemoptysis

Paragonomus wastermani

Giant intestinal fluke

Fasciolopsis buski