Flashcards: Parasites of humans

Trichinosis, trichinellosis or trichiniasis is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms of the genus Trichinella.

Cheyletiella is a genus of mites that live on the skin surface of dogs, cats, rabbits, and humans.

Schistosoma japonicum is an important parasite and one of the major infectious agents of schistosomiasis.

Brugia timori is a human filarial parasitic nematode (roundworm) which causes the disease "Timor filariasis.

Cordylobia anthropophaga, the mango fly, tumbu fly, tumba fly, putzi fly, or skin maggot fly, is a species of blow-fly common in East and Central Africa.

Dientamoeba fragilis is a single-celled parasite found in the gastrointestinal tract of some humans, pigs and gorillas.

Schistosoma mekongi is a trematode, also known as a flatworm or fluke.

Schistosoma mansoni is a significant parasite of humans, a trematode that is one of the major agents of the disease schistosomiasis which is one type of helminthiasis, a neglected tropical disease.

Thelazia callipaeda is a parasitic nematode, and the most common cause of "thelaziasis" (or "eyeworm" infestation) in humans, dogs and cats.

The harvest mite, Trombicula autumnalis, is a species of mite of the family Trombiculidae.

Monsters Inside Me is an American television documentary series about infectious diseases.

Leptotrombidium (/ˌlɛptoʊtrɒmˈbɪdiəm/) is a genus of mites in the family Trombiculidae, that are able to infect humans with scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi infection) through their bite.

Onchocerca volvulus is a nematode that causes onchocerciasis or "river blindness" mostly in Africa.

Anisakis simplex, known as the herring worm, is a species of nematodes in the genus Anisakis, which occurs in ocean fish such as herrings.

Brugia malayi is a nematode (roundworm), one of the three causative agents of lymphatic filariasis in humans.

Dracunculus medinensis or Guinea worm is a nematode that causes dracunculiasis, also known as guinea worm disease.

Dipylidium caninum, also called the flea tapeworm, double-pore tapeworm, or cucumber tapeworm (in reference to the shape of its cucumber-seed-like proglottids, though these also resemble grains of rice or sesame seeds), is a cyclophyllid cestode that infects organisms afflicted with fleas and canine chewing lice, including dogs, cats, and sometimes human pet-owners, especially children.

The human botfly, Dermatobia hominis, (Greek δέρμα, skin + βίος, life, and Latin hominis, of a human) is one of several species of fly, the larvae of which parasitise humans (in addition to a wide range of other animals, including other primates).

Trypanosoma brucei is a species of parasitic protozoan belonging to the genus Trypanosoma.