Web EndMemo

Parasites and Diseases

Disease Name
Causing Parasites
Organs Affected
Transmission
• Ascariasis Roundworm Ascaris Lumbricoides Digestion Tract Contaminated Food
• Babesiosis Babesia Blood Lxodes scapularis ticks, blood transfusion
• Balantidiasis Pigs, Animals
• Chagas Diseases Trypanosoma cruzi Blood Bugs, Blood Transfusion
• Clonorchiasis Sinensis Bile Undercooked Freshwater Fish
• Cryptosporidiosis Digestion Tract Contaminated Food, Water, Soil
• Diphyllobothriasis Undercooked Freshwater Fish
• Echinococcosis Animal Tissue
• Elephantiasis Mosquitoes
• Enterobiasis Human Pinworm Contamination, finger sucking
• Fasciolopsiasis Amphibic Snail
• Filariasis Mosquitoes
• Schistosomiasis Freshwater Snail
• Malaria Mosquitoes
• Lyme Disease Bug
• Scabies Skin Contact