Multicellular parasitic worms in three groups: nematodes (Ascaris, hookworm, filariae), trematodes (Schistosoma, Fasciola), cestodes (Taenia, Echinococcus). Soil-transmitted helminths infect ~1.5 billion people.
Multicellular parasitic worms in three groups: nematodes (Ascaris, hookworm, filariae), trematodes (Schistosoma, Fasciola), cestodes (Taenia, Echinococcus). Soil-transmitted helminths infect ~1.5 billion people.