List of human parasitic diseases
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This is a list of topics related to human parasitic diseases. See also the categories shown below.
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[edit] Diseases
- Acanthamoeba keratitis
- Amoebiasis
- Ascariasis
- Babesiosis
- Balantidiasis
- Baylisascariasis
- Chagas disease
- Clonorchiasis
- Cochliomyia
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Diphyllobothriasis
- Dracunculiasis (caused by the Guinea worm)
- Echinococcosis
- Elephantiasis
- Enterobiasis
- Fascioliasis
- Fasciolopsiasis
- Filariasis
- Giardiasis
- Gnathostomiasis
- Hymenolepiasis
- Isosporiasis
- Katayama fever
- Leishmaniasis
- Lyme disease
- Malaria
- Metagonimiasis
- Myiasis
- Onchocerciasis
- Pediculosis
- Scabies
- Schistosomiasis
- Sleeping sickness
- Strongyloidiasis
- Taeniasis(cause of Cysticercosis)
- Toxocariasis
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trichinosis
- Trichuriasis
[edit] Pathogens
- Acanthamoeba
- Anisakis
- Ascaris lumbricoides
- Botfly
- Balantidium coli
- Bedbug
- Cestoda (tapeworm)
- Chiggers
- Cochliomyia hominivorax
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Fasciola hepatica
- Giardia lamblia
- Hookworm
- Leishmania
- Linguatula serrata
- Liver fluke
- Loa loa
- Paragonimus - lung fluke
- Pinworm
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Schistosoma
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- Mite[1]
- Tapeworm
- Toxoplasma gondii
- Trypanosoma
- Whipworm
- Wuchereria bancrofti
[edit] Vectors and hosts
[edit] Antiparasitic drugs
- Thiabendazole
- Pyrantel pamoate
- Mebendazole
- Praziquantel
- Niclosamide
- Bithionol
- Oxamniquine
- Metrifonate
- Ivermectin
- Albendazole
- Benznidazole
- Nifurtimox
- Nitroimidazole
[edit] See also
- Delusional parasitosis
- Host (biology)
- Human parasites
- Intestinal parasite
- List of parasites of humans
- Natural reservoir
- Parasitism
- Parasitology
- Parasitologists (Category)
- Zoonosis
- Vector (epidemiology)
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Mites and Ticks". Public-Health Pest Control. Public-Health Pesticide Applicator Training Manual. University of Florida. http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/fasulo/vector/chapter_05.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
