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Systematic Parasitology

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A) PROTOZOA

1. Intestinal protozoa
I) Amoebae. Entamoeba genus: E. histolytica. Iodamoeba and Blastocystis genera
II) Flagellates. Giardia genus. G. intestinalis
III) Ciliates. Balantidium genus. B. coli
IV) Coccidia and Microsporidia: Isospora genus: I. belli
                                                  Cryptosporidium genus: C. parvum
                                                  Cyclospora genus: C. Cayetanensis
                                                  Sarcocystes genus
                                                                  Microsporidia order

2. Hematic protozoa
- Plasmodium genus: Malaria
- Babesia genus: Babesia spp.
- Leishmania genus: L. donovani, L. tropica, L. braziliensis, L. mexicana
- Trypanosoma genus: T. gambiense, T. rhodesiense, T. cruzi

3. Protozoa of tissue and other localizations
I) Tissue-based: Toxoplasma genus: T. gondii
                           Pneumocystis genus: P. carinii
II) Others: Trichomonas genus: T. vaginalis
                  Naegleria genus
                  Acanthamoeba genus

B) HELMINTHS

1. Platyhelminths: Trematodes
I) Trematodes of the lungs and digestive system. Fasciola genus. F. hepatica
II) Hematic trematodes. Schistosoma genus

2. Platyhelminths: Cestodes
I) Intestinal cestodes (parasitism by adult cestodes): Taenia genus. T. solium and T. saginata Dipylidium caninum, Hymenolepis nana, Diphyllobothrium latum
II) Tissue-based cestodes (parasitism during larval stages). Echinococcus genus. E. granulosus Hydatid cyst

3. Intestinal nematodes:
- with exclusively intestinal habitat: Enterobius vermicularis and Trichuris trichiura                              - with tissue migration of larvae: Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercolaris, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus

4. Tissue-based nematodes
- Trichinella genus. T. spiralis. Trichinosis
- filaria that parasitize humans: Wuchereria, Brugia, Loa, Onchocerca, Mansonella genera
- filariasis: Dracunculus genus. D. medinensis

5. Arthropods of health interest: Arachnida: Acarina (mites, ticks); Araneida and Scorpionida  Insecta: Diptera; Heteroptera; Siphonaptera; Anoplura

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