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
• Hookworm
  • Necator americanus
  • Ancylostoma duodenale
• Dracunculus medinensis
• Strongyloides stercoralis
• Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)
• Anisakis
• Toxocara spp.
• Trichinosis

Lymphatic filariasis

Also known as Elephantiasis

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

Onchocerciasis

Also known as River Blindness

1. Onchocerca volvulus