Parasite Ascaris lumbricoides Trichuris trichiura Enterobius vermicularis Strongyloides stercoralis Common Name Giant Intestinal Roundworm Whipworm Pinworm, seat worm, society worm Threadworm Final Host Man Man Man Habitat Small Intestine Large Intestine Large Intestine >Free livingenvironment or soil >Parasitichuman small intestine Small Intestine Small Intestine Small Intestine Diagnostic Stage Infective Stage Ova or adult Ova Ova and adult First stage of rhabditiforn larva Full Embryonated Egg Fully Embryonated Ova Fully Embryonated Egg Rhabditiform larva Mode of Transmission Ingestion Ingestion Ingestion or inhalation Skin pentration Source of Infection Soil Transmitted Helminth Soil Transmitted Helminth(STH) Contact borne, air borne, autoinfection
Trematodes
Parasite Fasciola hepatica Common Name Temperate liver fluke/ sheep liver fluke Habitat Liver parenchyma, gall bladder 1st IH Lymnaea philippinensis, Lymnaea auricularia rubiginosa 2nd IH Ipomea Obscura, Nasturtium officinale Egg Morphology Large Ovoid Operculated Yellowishbrownish Bigger than F. hepatica Adult Morphology Large, broad, flat body, cephalic cone, dendritic ovary, long intestinal area Longer, less developed shoulder, more branched ceca Large oral sucker, 2 notched testis with slightly ruffled body margins Pathology Fascioliasis, Halzoun (suffocation) Diagnosis Stool exam, recovery of worms during surgery
Fasciola gigantica
Eurytrema pancreaticum
Pancreas
Macrochlamys indica
Technomyrmex
indica
Echinostoma ilocanum
Garrisons fluke
Gyraulus convexiusculus or Hippeutis umbilicalis Brotia asperata Bulimus fuchsiana or Alocihma sp.
Pila luzonica
Sundathelpusa
philippina Cyprinidae
Spatulate, deeply branched testis, oral sucker is larger than the ventral sucker