List of parasites of humans

Columns: Common name of organism or disease | Latin name ( sorted ) | Body parts affected | Prevalence | Transmission/Vector
Clonorchiasis | Clonorchis sinensis ; Clonorchis viverrini | gall bladder ducts and inflammation of liver | East Asia | ingestion of under prepared freshwater fish | Lancet liver fluke | Dicrocoelium dendriticum | gall bladder | rare | ingestion of ants | Liver fluke - Fasciolosis | Fasciola hepatica , Fasciola gigantica | liver , gall bladder | Fasciola hepatica in Europe , Africa , Australia , the Americas and Oceania ; Fasciola gigantica only in Africa and Asia , 2.4 million people infected by both species | freshwater snails | Fasciolopsiasis - intestinal fluke | Fasciolopsis buski | intestines | East Asia - 10 million people | ingestion of infested water plants or water ( intermediate host : amphibic snails ) | Metagonimiasis - intestinal fluke | Metagonimus yokogawai | Siberia , Manchuria , Balkan states , Israel , Spain | ingestion of undercooked or salted fish | Metorchiasis | Metorchis conjunctus | Canada , US , Greenland | ingestion of raw fish | Chinese liver fluke | Opisthorchis viverrini , Opisthorchis felineus , Clonorchis sinensis | bile duct | 1.5 million people in Russia | consuming infected raw , slightly salted or frozen fish | Paragonimiasis , lung fluke | Paragonimus westermani ; Paragonimus africanus ; Paragonimus caliensis ; Paragonimus kellicotti ; Paragonimus skrjabini ; Paragonimus uterobilateralis | lungs | East Asia | ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs crayfishes or other crustaceans

Example questions:
What is the Latin name of the common human parasitic disease caused by an intestinal trematode ? | What is the Latin name of the common parasite found in humans that is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes ? | What is the Latin name of the common human worm-parasite that causes no permanent effects on people from this condition ? | What is the Latin name of the common Helminth parasite in humans that results in relative weight loss as a minimum ?

Answers:
Metagonimus yokogawai | Schistosoma mekongi | Trichobilharzia regenti , Schistosomatidae | Fasciolopsis buski