Topics: Infectious Diseases : Parasitic
African Trypanosomiasis
Human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma, which are protozoa transmitted to humans by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.).
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Amebiasis
Amebiasis is defined as disease caused by amoebas, one-celled parasites. They cause Amebic Dysentery and a variety of other diseases.
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Babesiosis
Babesiosis is and infection caused by hemoprotozoan parasites of the genus Babesia and transmitted by the bite of Ixodes ticks.
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Chagas Disease
Disease caused by the protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi) transmitted by bites of blood-feeding Assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae, subfamily Triatominae).
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Cyclosporiasis
Cyclosporiasis is caused by a one-celled parasite in the genus Cyclospora. It is a gastrointestinal disorder caused by contaminated food or water.
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Flukes
Flukes or trematodes are parasites that cause cause a variety of infections in humans. Flukes are classified as blood flukes, liver flukes, lung flukes, and intestinal flukes.
Schistosomiasis,
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Giardiasis
Giardiasis is caused by a one-celled parasite in the genus Giardia. It causes a gastrointestinal illness.
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Leishmaniasis
A disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus Leishmania.
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Lymphatic Filariasis
Lymphatic filariasis is also known as elephantiasis. It is a disease of the tropics characterized by grotesque swelling of the limbs and male genitalia.
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Malaria
Control and Prevention,
Treatment,
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Nematodes
Parasitic nematodes, also know as roundworms, cause diseases in a variety of organs. Their larva can cause disease by migrating through the body.
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Onchocerciasis
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is caused by the nematode Onchocerca volvulus and can result in dermatitis, subcutaneous nodules, lymphadenitis, and visual impairment, including blindness.
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Pinworms
Pinworms are caused by the nematode parasite Enterobius vermicularis. It is mostly found in infants and young children.
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Swimmer's Itch
Schistosome cercarial dermatitis, caused by skin entry by larval flatworms, experienced after body contact with natural waters.
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Tapeworms
Tapeworms, also know as cestodes, cause disease when the adult worms inhabit the digestive tract or when their larva cause cysts in body organs.
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