Helminth diseases and monikers

Ascaris lumbricoides

Common roundworm

Ancylostoma duodenale

Old World hookworm

Necator americanus

New World hookworm

Ancylostoma braziliense

Cutaneous larva migrans (Creeping eruption) (Dog hookworm)

Trichuris trichiura

Human whipworm

Strongyloides stercoralis

Threadworm

Enterobius vermicularis

Pinworm

Trichinella spiralis

Trichinellosis

Toxocara canis

Visceral and ocular larva migrans

Dirofilaria immitis

Dog heartworm

Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia spp.

Lymphatic Filariasis

Onchocerca volvulus

River Blindness

Anisakis simplex

Codworm/herringworm

Dracunculus medinensis

Guinea worm

Diphyllobothrium latum

Fish tapeworm

Taenia saginata

Beef tapeworm

Taenia solium

Pork tapeworm (and human cysticercosis)

Hymenolepis diminuta

Rat tapeworm

Hymenolepis nana

Dwarf tapeworm

Echinococcus granulosis

Hydatid disease

Dipylidium caninum

Dog tapeworm

Paragonimus westermani

Lung fluke

Fasciolopsis buski

Intestinal fluke

Clonorchis sinensis

Chinese liver fluke

Opisthorchis viverrini

Southeast Asian liver fluke

Opisthorchis felineus

Cat liver fluke

Fasciola hepatica

Sheep liver fluke

Schistosoma spp.

Blood fluke

Heterophyes heterophyes

Minute liver fluke

Metagonimus yokogawai

Smallest Intestinal Fluke

L. tropica

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

L. braziliense

Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis

L. donovani

Visceral Leishmaniasis

Trypanosoma cruzi

Chagas disease

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Human African sleeping sickness

Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Wild game African sleeping sickness

Entamoeba histolytica (not dispar)

Ambiasis

Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandrillaris

Granulomatous amebic encephalitis

Acanthamoeba spp.

Unilateral keratitis

Naegleria fowleri

Primary amebic encephalitis

Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon spp.

Microsporidiosis

Sarcoptes scabiei

Scabies

Pediculus humanus capitis

Head Lice

Pediculus humanus humanus

Body Lice

Pthirus pubis

Pubic louse

Dermatobia hominis

Myiasis