Infection

• enterobiasis

  An infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis;...

• schistosomiasis

  An infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma;...

Also contains

• lousiness

  Infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching.

• helminthiasis

  Infestation of the body with parasitic worms.

• trichuriasis

  Infestation by a roundworm; common in tropical areas with poor sanitation.

• trombiculiasis

  Infestation with chiggers.

• fascioliasis

  Infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs;...

• Guinea worm

  A painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated...

• fasciolopsiasis

  Infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski; common in eastern...

• coccidiosis

  (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia.

• acariasis

  Infestation with itch mites.

• ascariasis

  Infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms.

• echinococcosis

  Infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms).

• myiasis

  Infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening)...

• opisthorchiasis

  Infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia.

• trichinosis

  Infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat...

• onchocerciasis

  Infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin...