List of parasites (human)

Common name  | Latin name  | General Type  | Body parts affected  | Diagnostic specimen  | Prevalence

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| Balantidium coli | Endoparasite - intestinal  | Intestines  | stool  |
Pinworm | Enterobius vermicularis  | Endoparasite - intestinal  | Intestines  | stool  | wide spread
Giardia | Giardia lamblia  | Endoparasite - intestinal  | Intestines  | stool  | wide spread
Coccidia | Cryptosporidium  | Endoparasite - intestinal  | Intestines  | stool  | wide spread
Hookworm | Necator americanus  | Endoparasite - intestinal  | Intestines  | stool  | common in tropical and subtropical regions
| Entamoeba histolytica | Endoparasite - intestinal  | Intestines  | stool  | not common in US
Roundworm | Ascaris sp. Ascaris lumbricoides | Endoparasite - intestinal  | Intestines, liver, heart, lungs  | stool  | common in tropical and subtropical regions
Strongyloidosis | Strongyloides stercoralis  | Endoparasite - intestinal  | Intestines  | stool, blood  |
Toxocariasis | Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati  | Endoparasite - intestinal  | eyes  | blood  |
Trichinosis | Trichinella spiralis  | Endoparasite  | muscle  | blood  | rare
Whipworm | Trichuris trichiura, Trichuris vulpis  | Endoparasite  | intestine  | stool  |
Tapeworm  | Cestoda | Endoparasite - intestinal  | intestine  | stool  | rare
Liver fluke  | Fasciola hepatica | Endoparasite - intestinal  | intestines, liver  | stool  |

## References

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* A List of Human Intestinal Parasites accessed May 2008

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