Common Names of Parasites Mansonella ozzardi Ozzard’s Filaria

Mansonella perstans Persistent Filaria

Parasite Common Name Metagonimus Yokogawa’s Fluke
Ancylostoma Cat Hookworm yokogawai
braziliense Necator americanus New World
Ancylostoma caninum Dog Hookworm Hookworm / not
Ancylostoma Old World Hookworm common: American
duodenale murderer
Angiostrongylus Rat Lung worm Onchocerca volvulus Convoluted Filaria,
cantonensis Blinding Filaria
Ascaris lumbricoides Giant Intestinal Opistorchis felineus Cat Liver Fluke
Roundworm / Eel Paragonimus Oriental Lung Fluke
worm westermanni
Brugia malayi Malayan Filaria Raillietina garrisoni Madagascar Worm
Capillaria Pudoc worm Schistosoma Vesical Blood Fluke ;
philippinensis haematobium organ-urinary
Clonorchis sinensis Chinese Liver Fluke / Schistosoma Oriental Blood Fluke
Oriental Liver Fluke japonicum
Dirofilaria immitis Dog Heartworm Schistosoma mansoni Manson’s Blood Fluke
Diphyllobothrium Russian Broad Strongyloides Threadworm
latum Tapeworm, stercoralis
Fish broad Tapeworm Taenia asiatica Asian Tapeworm,
Dipylidium caninum Dog Tapeworm, Hybrid Tapewrom
Double-Pored Taenia saginata Beef Tapeworm /
Tapeworm, Unarmed Tapeworm
Flea Tapeworm, Taenia solium Pork Tapeworm /
Cucumber Tapeworm Armed Tapeworm
Dracunculus Guinea Worm, Trichinella spiralis Trichina Worm,
medinensis Serpent worm, Prok Muscle worm
Dragon worm Trichuris trichiura Whipworm
Echinococcus Hydatid Tapeworm Toxocara canis Ascaris of dogs
granulosus Toxocara cati Ascaris of cats
Echinostoma ilocanum Garrison’s Fluke Wuchereria bancrofti Bancrofti’s Filaria
Enterobius vermicularis Pinworm,
Seattworm, Enterobius vermicularis mode of trans: fecal-oral,
Society Worm inhalation, ingestion, auto-infection
Fasciola dendriticum Lanceolate Fluke,
Lancet Fluke Loa loa – African Eye worm;
Fasciola gigantica Tropical Liver Fluke mode of transmission – bite of deer fly
Fasciola hepatica Sheep Liver Fluke
Fasciolopsis buski Giant Intestinal Fluke, Onchorerca volvulus – river blindness
Busk fluke Mode of transmission – bite of black fly
Heterophyes Von Siebold’s Fluke,
heterphyes Dwarf fluke Dirofilaria immitis – accidental infection
Hymenolepis diminuta Rat Tapeworm, double MOT – bite of mosquitos
pored tapeworm
Hymenolepis nana Dwarf Tapeworm Schistosoma japonicum – infective stage: cercaria
Loa loa African Eyeworm Other flukes’ infective stage are metacercaria
MOT: skin penetration

Heart-Lung Migration:
A – Ascaris
S - Strongyloides
H – Hookworm (A. duodenale-new; N. americanus-
old and more common in the Phil)
Larvae are termed as ‘erratic larva’

Accidental parasites:
Dipylidium caninum
E. granulosis
Ancylostoma caninum
D. Immitis

Sedimentation Concentration recovery of eggs

Schistosoma eggs
C. philippinensis
Cestodes
Operculated eggs
T. trichiura
Trematode eggs

Malarial/Plasmodium spp. and its stippling

FM = falciparum – Maurer’s
Vilma Santos = Vivax – Schuffner’s
Orange Juice – Ovale – James’s
Zanjo Marudo – Zeimann’s – Malariae
5th spp. P. Knowlesi

How to differentiate hookworms

How to differentiate Eggs: indistinguishable
How to differentiate adults: mouth
NeCator – cutting plates/semi-lunar cutting plates
AnyclosToma Duodenale – 2 pairs of teeth

Microfilariae
ONchocercus volvulus – NO sheath and nuclei at
the tip of the tail
Wuchereria baNcrOfti – NO nuclei at the tip of the
tail
Brugia malayi – 2 nuclei at the tip of the tail (B is
the 2nd letter of the alphabet)
Loa loa – (repeated) continuous nuclei at the tip of
the tail