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ARE PARASITIC INFECTIONS REALLY COMMON?

April 26, 2017common infections parasite parasitic

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ARE PARASITIC INFECTIONS REALLY COMMON?

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Most of them are microscopic in size — single celled amoebas and other protozoa. Some of the Helminths (worms and flukes) are also microscopic in size, but most are larger — some very large. The four classes of parasites are: • protozoa (amoebas, Giardia, Plasmodium [malaria]); • nematodes (roundworms, pinworms, and hookworms); • cestodes (tapeworms); • trematodes (flukes). Some of these are really ugly. If you need an ugly fix, take a gander at these roundworms. Yuuck!

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Most of them are microscopic in size — single celled amoebas and other protozoa. Some of the Helminths (worms and flukes) are also microscopic in size, but most are larger — some very large. The four classes of parasites are: protozoa (amoebas, Giardia, Plasmodium [malaria]); nematodes (roundworms, pinworms, and hookworms); cestodes (tapeworms); trematodes (flukes). Some of these are really ugly. If you need an ugly fix, take a gander at these roundworms. Yuuck!