Lifecycle

• Eggs, larva hatch, develop into adult worms, reproduce and lay eggs or discharge larvae

• Larvae can 'encyst'

GI nematodes

• Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)

• Trichuris trichuris (Whipworm)

• Ascaris lumbricoides (Roundworm)

• Ancylostoma duodenale / necator americanis (human Hookworm); ancylostoma caninum, ancylostoma braziliense (dog hookworm; cutaneous larva migrans)

• Strongyloides stercoralis

Tissue nematodes

• W.Bancrofti, Brugia Malayi, Brugia Timori (Lymphatic filariasis)*

• Loa loa*

• Mansonella*

• Onchocerca volvulus (Onchocerciasis)*

• Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm)

Zoonotic nematodes

• Trichinella spiralis (Trichinella)

• Toxocara / canis

• Anisakis simplex, pseudoterranova decipiens (Anisakiasis)

• Angiostrongylus cantonensis

• Gnathostoma (Gnathostomaiasis)