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COMPLETE INFORMATION ON MOST COMMON PARASITES
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SCIENTIFIC NAME, COMMON NAME, DISEASE, CLINICAL PICTURE, METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS, & PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MOST COMMON PARASITES
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COMPLETE INFORMATION ON COMMON PARASITESScientific Name Common Intermediate Final Host Human Disease it Causes Clinical Picture Methods of Diagnosis
Name Host
1 Ascaris Giant None Humans Ascariasis Hypersensitivity,Cough, sputum examination/fecal
lumbricoides roundworm Vomiting examination (direct fecal
film)
2 Ancylostoma Old World None Humans Ancylostomiasis and Blood in your stool, Stool Examination A
duodenale hookworm Hookworm Disease abdominal pain, and a
fever
3 Balantidium coli B. coli human/pig Human/pig balantidiosis diarrhea, dysentery & stool examination, biopsy t
abdominal pains & sigmoid scope i
4 Clonorchis Chinese liver Snail Human (liver) Clonorchiasis, fatigue, abdominal microscopic t
sinensis fluke cholangitis,cholangiocarcinoma discomfort, anorexia demonstration in faeces, b
duodenal aspirate, ELISA,
LAMP, PCR
5 Diphyllobothrium Fish Freshwater Human Diphyllobothriasis Diarrhea, Weight Loss, Stool Examination N
talum tapeworm Crustaceans (intestine) Weakness
and fish
6 Echinococcus Dog Sheep, Dogs Alveolar Hydatid Disease and Pain in the upper right ELISA a
Granulosus Tapeworm cattle, goats, Cystic Echinococcosis part of the abdomen, m
pigs and bloody sputum, chest s
man pain, cough, fever, and
severe skin itching
7 Fasciola liver Snail human (liver) Acute Fascioliasis, Chronic Abdominal Pain, Fever, FAST-ELISA, stool t
Hepatica fluke/sheep Fascioliasis weight loss, examination, CT scan, s
fluke hepatomegaly biliary aspirate
8 Fasciolopsis Intestinal suitable mammalian fasciolopsiasis Intestinal Stool examination P
buski Fluke snails host (humans obstruction, abdominal
and pigs) pain, nausea, vomiting,
and fever
9 Isospora belli Or None None Human Isosporiasis or diarrhea, stool examination, acid- s
Cystoisospora Cystoisosporiasis nausea,vomiting, low- fast stain, UV t
belli fluorescence
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