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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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