Parasites and Their Infective Stages, Habitat, and Causing Diseases List
Parasites and their infective stages, habitat, and causing diseases list is given as follows-
| S.No. | Name of Parasites | Infective stage | Habitat | Disease |
| 1 | Entamoeba histolytica | Quadrinucleate cyst | Large intestine | Dysentery |
| 2 | Giardia lamblia | Cyst | Small intestine | Diarrhea |
| 3 | a.Plasmodium vivex b.Plasmodium falciparum c.Plasmodium malariae d.Plasmodium ovale | Sporozoa | RBCs | a.Benign tertian malaria b.Malignant tertian malaria c.Quartan malaria d.Tertian malaria |
| 4 | Leishmania donovani | Promastigote | Reticuloendothelial system | Visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar |
| 5 | Trichomonas vaginalis | Trophozoite | Small intestine | Trichomoniasis/sexually transmitted infection/Vaginitis |
| 6 | Balantidium coli | Cyst | Large intestine | Balantidiasis(causing diarrhea or dysentery) |
| 7 | Trypanosoma cruzi | Metacyclic form | Heart, nervous system | Chagas disease |
| 8 | Trypanosoma brucei | Metacyclic form | Blood, lymph node, central nervous system | African sleeping sickness |
| 9 | Ascaris lumbricoides | Embryonated egg | Small intestine | Ascariasis |
| 10 | Taenia solium | Cysticerci, or bladder worms | Generally small intestine | Taeniasis/cysticercosis |
| 11 | Taenia saginata | Cysticerci | Small intestine | Taeniasis |
| 12 | a. Schistosoma japonicum b. Schistosoma mansoni c. Schistosoma haematobium | Cercaria/ Cercariae(plural) | a. Small intestine (more often) b. Large intestine c. Bladder | a and b. Intestinal schistosomiasis c. Urogenital schistosomiasis |
| 13 | Fasciola hepatica | Metacercaria | Biliary ducts and gall bladder (definite host) | Fasciolosis |
| 14 | Clonorchis sinensis | Metacercaria | Biliary ducts | Clonorchiasis |
| 15 | Strongyloides stercoralis | L3 larvae | Small intestine | Strongyloidiasis |
| 16 | a.Ancylostoma duodenale b. Necator americanus | Filariform (third-stage) larvae | Small intestine | Ancylostomiasis |
| 17 | Wuchererchia bancrofti | Third-stage larvae | Lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes | Filariasis/Lymphatic Filariasis |
| 18 | Enterobius vermicularis | Egg | Large intestine | Enterobiasis |
| 19 | Echinococcus granulosus | Metacestode/bladder-worm/hydatid cyst /encysted larva | Small intestine (dog) | Hydatidosis |
| 20 | Toxoplasma gondii | Oocysts/Tachyzoite /bradyzoite/sporozoite | Reticuloendothelial system, monocyte and muscle fiber | Toxoplasmosis/Toxoplasmic encephalitis |
| 21 | Trichuris trichiura | Embryonated egg | Small and large intestine | Trichuriasis |
| 22 | Trichinella spiralis | Encysted larvae | Small intestine | Trichinosis/trichinellosis |
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