Talk:List of parasites of humans

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It would not hurt to add, common treatments for the specific parasites. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anaccuratesource (talk • contribs) 06:25, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Scientific names need italics.
--Wloveral (talk) 22:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

We seem to have missed all the external parasites.Aaaronsmith (talk) 03:26, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Isn't there something called "billiarisis" (NOT the correct spelling) that infects the snails that live on papyrus reed (africa) and can infect human muscle a little like trichinosis?Aaaronsmith (talk) 18:04, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

We're still missing fleas.Aaaronsmith (talk) 20:33, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Ticks?

The inclusion of Rhinosporidium seeberi under protozoa may not be completely appropriate. January 2009. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.81.103.119 (talk) 23:16, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

What about the Candiru, the only known vertebrate parasite that has attacked humans (by mistake)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.113.90.32 (talk) 05:42, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Article name
Why "List of parasites (human)" rather than "List of human parasites"? 141.151.23.70 (talk) 23:29, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Presumably because that would invite people to post stupid things like "lawyers".  Oc t  ane  [ improve me? ] 31.05.09 0905 (UTC)

Trombiculidae (aka chiggers)
Should Trombiculidae be on this list somewhere? I don’t know much about parasites. Grand Dizzy (talk) 20:34, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Can you cleans your body of these parasites? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.124.90.0 (talk) 01:58, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Protozoans
These are unicellular. If they count, then so does any bacterial disease... I don't think it makes sense to be listing random infectious diseases. 72.40.152.209 (talk) 07:45, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Fish
What about that tiny barbed South American fish that follows the scent of urine until it gets stuck in you? 72.40.152.209 (talk) 07:45, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Mosquitoes, Fleas, Chiggers, Black flies, Ticks
why are all these missing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.42.139.152 (talk) 23:24, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Gnathostoma
It is under the fluke section, but it should be listed as a nematode. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:9785:3C01:6CBA:3E9A:E6ED:6B38 (talk) 11:21, 26 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Done, thanks for the heads-up. Dyanega (talk) 15:42, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Itch mite?
The so called itch mite that people sometimes get from being around pin oaks and around cicada eggs isn’t on this list. I would think it’s parasite too. Why is it missing? West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 06:30, 25 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Because it doesn't parasitize humans. It bites humans, and that's not the same thing as feeding on humans. The technical definition of parasitism excludes them from consideration. Dyanega (talk) 16:16, 25 June 2024 (UTC)