Parasites A-Z

This module links the learners to the DPDx, which is a website developed and maintained by the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA, to assist in the diagnosis of parasitic diseases.  DPDx is an excellent educational resource and offers brief reviews of parasitic infections, including information on the parasite biology, laboratory diagnosis of infections and an image library of diagnostic stages.

Ancylostoma duodenale (Old World Hookworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/hookworm/index.html
Ascaris lumbricoides (Large Roundworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/ascariasis/index.html
Balantidium coli https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/balantidiasis/index.html
Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese Liver Fluke) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/clonorchiasis/index.html
Cryptosporidium species https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/cryptosporidiosis/index.html
Diphyllobothrium latum (Broad Fish Tapeworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/diphyllobothriasis/index.html
Echinococcus granulosus (Dog Tapeworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/echinococcosis/index.html
Entamoeba coli https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/intestinalamebae/index.html
Entamoeba histolytica https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/amebiasis/index.html
Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/enterobiasis/index.html
Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/fascioliasis/index.html
Fasciolopsis buski (Giant Intestinal Fluke) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/fasciolopsiasis/index.html
Giardia lamblia https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/giardiasis/index.html
Hymenolepis diminuta (Rat Tapeworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/hymenolepiasis/index.html
Hymenolepis nana (Dwarf Tapeworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/hymenolepiasis/index.html
Leishmania species https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/leishmaniasis/index.html
Necator americanus (New World Hookworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/hookworm/index.html
Paragonimus westermani (Lung fluke) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/paragonimiasis/index.html
Plasmodium falciparum https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/malaria/index.html
Plasmodium vivax https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/malaria/index.html
Schistosoma haematobium https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/schistosomiasis/index.html
Schistosoma Japonicum https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/schistosomiasis/index.html
Schistosoma mansoni https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/schistosomiasis/index.html
Taenia saginata (Beef Tapeworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/taeniasis/index.html
Taenia solium (Pork tapeworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/taeniasis/index.html
Toxoplasma gondii https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/toxoplasmosis/index.html
Trichomonas vaginalis https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/trichomoniasis/index.html
Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm) https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/trichuriasis/index.html
Trypanosoma brucei  https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/trypanosomiasisafrican/index.html
Wuchereria bancrofti https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/lymphaticfilariasis/index.html