scientific and common names of parasites Flashcards
Large intestinal rounworm
Ascaris Lumbricoides
Large pig roundworm
Ascaris suum
Pin worm, seat worm, society worm, social worm, thread worm
Enterobius Vermicularis
Whip Worm
Trichuris Trichuria
Pig whip worm
Trichuris suis
Dog whip worm
Trichuris vulpis
Cat whip worm
Trichuris serrata
Pudoc / Mystery worm
Capillaria philipinensis
New world hw / american murderer
Necatur Americanus
old world hw
Ancylostoma Duodenale
cat hw
Ancylostoma braziliense
dog hw
Ancylostoma caninum
Bancroft’s filarial worm
Wuchureria bancrofti
Malayan filarial worm
Brugia malayi
African eye worm
Loa loa
Ugandan eye worm
Mansonella perstans
River Blindness worm
Onchocerca volvulus
Dog/ Canine heart worm
Dirofilaria immitis
Guinea worm/ fiery serpent of israelites
Dracunculus medinensis
Herring’s , Cod, Fish and marine mammal worm
Anisakis
Cat ascarid
Toxocara cati
Dog ascarid
Toxocara canis
Sheep or common liver fluke
Fasciola hepatica
Giant or tropical liver fluke
Fasciola gigantica
Oriental or Chinese liver fluke
Clonorchis sinensis
Cat or siberian liver fluke
Opisthorchis felineus
SEA liver fluke
Opisthorchis viverrini
Giant intestinal fluke
Fasciolopsis buski
Garrison’s fluke
Echinostoma ilocanum
Van Siebold’s fluke
Heterophyes heterophyes
Oriental lung fluke
Paragonimus westermani
Oriental blood fluke
Schistosoma japonicum
manson’s blood fluke
Schistosoma mansoni
bladder blood fluke
Schistosoma haematobium
Beef TW
Taenia saginata
pork TW
Taenia solium
3rd taenia spp. asian tapeworm
Taenia asiatica
Dwarf tapeworm
Hymenolepis nana
Rat tapeworm
Hymenolepis diminuta
Double pored tw/ cucumber tw
Dipylidium caninum
Broadfish TW
Diphyllobothrium latum
Hydatid worm
Echinococcus granulosus