Parasitology (Common names) Flashcards
Classification: Roundworms; elongated, cylindrical, body is provided with cuticula
Nematodes
Classification: Flatworms, Platyhelminthes
Trematodes, Cestodes
Classification: Fluke tapeworms
Trematodes
Eelworm, Giant intestinal round worm (largest nematode); largest intestinal nematode, 2nd most common helminth
Ascaris lumbricoides
Pinworm, seatworm; No.1 cause of helminth infection in the world, Retro infection, Autoinfection
Enterobius vermicularis
Whipworm, 3rd most common
Trichuris trichura
Ascaris of Cats
Toxocara cati
Ascaris of dogs
Toxocara canis
Cat Hookworm
Ancylostoma braziliense
Dog Hookworm
Ancylostoma caninum
Old word hookworm (Blood sucking nematode)
Ancylostoma duodenale
New world hookworm (Blood sucking nematode)
Necator americanus
smallest intestinal nematode; look for larva in feces
Strongyloides stercoralis
local parasite (first noted in bario pudoc; pudoc wormin 1963)
Capillaria philippinensis
pork muscle roundworm, trichina worm
Trichinella spiralis
bancroft’s filarial
Wuchereria bancrofti
Eye worm (does not cause blindness)
Loa loa