Template:Helminth Types

Cestodes (Tapeworms)

• Taenia saginata
• Taenia solium (Cysticercosis)
• Diphyllobothrium latum
• Hymenolepis nana
• Echinococcus granulosus

Trematodes (Flukes)

• Fasciola hepatica
• Fasciolopsis buski
• Opistorchis viverrini
• Schistosoma spp
  • Schistosomiasis
• Chlonorchis sinensis
• Paragonimus spp.

Nematodes (Roundworms)

• Ascaris lumbricoides
• Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)
• Filarial worms
  • Loa Loa
  • Onchocerciasis
• Necator americanus / Ancylostoma duodenale (hookworm)
• Dracunculus medinensis
• Strongyloides stercoralis
• Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)
• Anisakis
• Toxocara spp.
• Trichinosis

Hookworm

1. Necator americanus
2. Ancylostoma duodenale

Tapeworm

1. Diphyllobothrium latum
2. Echinococcus granulosus

Cysticercosis

1. Taenia solium
2. Taenia saginata

Lymphatic filariasis

Also known as Elephantiasis

1. Wuchereria bancrofti
2. Brugia malayi
3. Brugia timori

Dracunculiasis

Also known as Guinea Worm disease

1. Dracunculus medinensis

Onchocerciasis

Also known as River Blindness

1. Onchocerca volvulus