| Disease |
Causal
Agent |
Organs
Affected |
Transmission
/
Vector |
Pinworm
(
Animal
Host
-
None
Significant
) |
Enterobius
vermicularis |
Intestine |
Food,Contact,Clothing |
Whipworm
(
Animal
Host
-
None
Significant
) |
Trichuris
trichiura |
Intestine |
Food,
Water |
Roundworm
(
Animal
Host
-
None
Significant) |
Ascaris
lumbricoides |
Intestine,Muscles,
Eyes |
Food,
Water,
Contact |
Trichinosis
(
Animal
Host
-
pig) |
Trichinella
spiralis |
Intestine,Muscles |
Pork
Consumption |
Hookworm
(
Animal
Host
-
None
significant
) |
Ancylostoma
duodenale,necator |
Intestine,Lungs,
Lumph |
Contact
with
Moist
Vegetation |
Filariasis
(
Animal
Host
-
Mosquito) |
Wuchereria
bancrofti |
Lymph
Vessels |
Mosquito |
Guinea
worm
(
Animal
Host
-
Copepod,fish) |
dracunculus
medinensis |
Skin |
Food,
Water |
Eyeworm
(
Animal
Host
-
Insects) |
Loa
Loa |
Eye,
Connective
Tissues |
Deerflies,Horseflies |