blood-borne parasite
blood-borne parasite
A parasite found in the peripheral circulation, most of which occur in the tropics in developing nations.Blood-borne parasites
Babesiosis
• Babesia divergens
• Babesia microti
Filariasis
• Brugia malayi
• Brugia timori
• Dirofilaria spp
• Loa loa
• Mansonella ozzardi
• Mansonella perstans
• Mansonella streptocerca
• Onchocerca volvulus
• Wuchereria bancrofti (Bancroftian filariasis)
Malaria
• Plasmodium falciparum
• Plasmodium knowlesi
• Plasmodium malariae
• Plasmodium ovale
• Plasmodium vivax
Trypanosomiasis
• African trypanosomiasis (aka African sleeping sickness)
— Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
— Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
• American trypanosomiasis (aka Chagas disease)
— Trypanosoma cruzi