Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that
Naegleria fowleri, a type of amoeba
that causes primary amebic
meningoencephalitis (PAM)
Leishmania sp., a type of parasite
that causes leishmaniasis
Vector: sandfly
Plasmodium spp., a type of
parasite that causes malaria
Vector: female Anopheles
mosquito
causes Chagas disease.
Vector: triatomine bug, also known as
kissing bugs or assassin bug
Trypanosoma brucei, African
trypanosomiasis
Vector: tsetse fly
Taenia saginata (Beef tapeworm)
Diphyllobothrium latum (Broad Fish
tapeworm)
Taenia solium (Pork tapeworm)
Schistosoma mansoni
Clonorchis sinensis (Asian
Liver Fluke or Chinese Liver
Fluke)
Fasciolopsis buski (Large Intestinal
Fluke)
Fasciola hepatica (Sheep Liver
Fluke)
Paragonimus westermani
(Oriental Lung Fluke)
Trichuris trichiura (Human
whipworm)
Necator Americanus (New World
hookworm)
Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm
or Seatworm)