PARASITOLOGY COMMON NAMES

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36 Terms

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Ascaris lumbricoides

COMMON NAME:

  • Giant Intestinal Roundworm


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Trichuris trichiura

COMMON NAME:

  • Whipworm


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Enterobius Vermicularis

COMMON NAME:

  • Society worm

  • Pin worm

  • Seat worm


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Capillaria philippinensis

COMMON NAME:

  • Pudoc Worm


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Ancylostoma duodenale

COMMON NAME:

  • Old World Hookworm


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Ancylostoma braziliense

COMMON NAME:

  • Cat Hookworm


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Ancylostoma caninum

COMMON NAME:

  • Dog Hookworm


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Necator americanus

COMMON NAME:

  • New World Hookworm / American Hookworm


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Strongyloides stercoralis

COMMON NAME:

  • Thread worm


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Trichinella spiralis

COMMON NAME:

  • Muscle worm

  • Garbage worm


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Wuchereria bancrofti

COMMON NAME:

  • Bancroft’s Filarial worm


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Brugia malayi

COMMON NAME:

  • Malayan Filarial worm


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Onchocerca volvulus

COMMON NAME:

  • Blinding Filarial worm


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Loa loa

COMMON NAME:

  • African Eye worm


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Dirofilaria worm

COMMON NAME:

  • Dog / Canine heartworm


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Dracunculus medinensis

COMMON NAME:

  • Guinea worm

  • Medina worm

  • Dragon worm


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Schistosoma japonicum

COMMON NAME:

  • Oriental Blood Fluke


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Schistosoma mansoni

COMMON NAME:

  • Manson’s Blood Fluke

  • Profile of a man


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Schistosoma haematobium

COMMON NAME:

  • Vesical Blood Fluke

  • Bladder Fluke


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Paragonimus westermani

COMMON NAME:

  • Oriental Lung Fluke


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Fasciolopsis buski

COMMON NAME:

  • Giant Intestinal Fluke


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Echinostoma ilocanum

COMMON NAME:

  • Garrison’s Fluke


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Heterophyes heterophyes

COMMON NAME:

  • Von Siebold’s Fluke


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Fasciola hepatica

COMMON NAME:

  • Sheep Liver Fluke

  • Tempering Liver Fluke


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Fasciola gigantica

COMMON NAME:

  • Giant Liver Fluke

  • Tropical Liver Fluke


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Clonorchis sinensis

COMMON NAME:

  • Chinese Liver Fluke


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Diphyllobothrium latum

COMMON NAME:

  • Fish Tapeworm


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Taenia saginata

COMMON NAME:

  • Beef Tapeworm


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Taenia solium

COMMON NAME:

  • Pork Tapeworm


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Taenia asiatica

COMMON NAME:

  • Asian Tapeworm


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Hymenolepis nana

COMMON NAME:

  • Dwarf Tapeworm


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Hymenolepis diminuta

COMMON NAME:

  • Rat Tapeworm


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Dipylidium caninum

COMMON NAME:

  • Dog / Cat / Flea / Double pored Tapeworm


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Echinococcus granulosus

COMMON NAME:

  • Hydatid Tapeworm


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Toxocara canis

COMMON NAME:

  • Dog Ascarid


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Toxocara catid

COMMON NAME:

  • Cat Ascarid