Nematode infection

Nematode infection

Deaths due to intestinal nematode infections per million persons in 2012 0-0 1-1 2-2
Classification and external resources
Specialty	infectious disease
ICD-10	B72-B80
ICD-9-CM	124-127
MeSH	D009349

A nematode infection is a type of helminthiasis caused by organisms in the nematode phylum.

An example is enterobiasis.

Several antinematodal agents are available.

Blood fluke	Schistosoma mansoni/japonicum/mekongi/haematobium Schistosomiasis Trichobilharzia regenti Swimmer's itch

Liver fluke	Clonorchis sinensis Clonorchiasis Dicrocoelium dendriticum/Dicrocoelium hospes Dicrocoeliasis Fasciola hepatica/gigantica Fasciolosis Opisthorchis viverrini/Opisthorchis felineus Opisthorchiasis

Lung fluke	Paragonimus westermani/Paragonimus kellicotti Paragonimiasis

Intestinal fluke	Fasciolopsis buski Fasciolopsiasis Metagonimus yokagawai Metagonimiasis Heterophyes heterophyes Heterophyiasis

Cyclophyllidea	Echinococcus granulosus/Echinococcus multilocularis Echinococcosis Taenia saginata/Taenia asiatica/Taenia solium (pork) Taeniasis/Cysticercosis Hymenolepis nana/Hymenolepis diminuta Hymenolepiasis

Pseudophyllidea	Diphyllobothrium latum Diphyllobothriasis Spirometra erinaceieuropaei Sparganosis Diphyllobothrium mansonoides Sparganosis

Filarioidea (Filariasis)	Onchocerca volvulus Onchocerciasis Loa loa Loa loa filariasis Mansonella Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti/Brugia malayi/Brugia timori Lymphatic filariasis

Thelazioidea	Gnathostoma spinigerum/Gnathostoma hispidum Gnathostomiasis Thelazia Thelaziasis

Spiruroidea	Gongylonema

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