Parasites
General information about parasites
How are parasitic diseases diagnosed?
Animals, blood, food, insects, and water can transmit parasites
Information for health professionals, women, children, travelers, and more
Communication resources about select parasitic diseases
Information about malaria, including history, FAQs, research, diagnosis, and more
A group of diseases that affect more than 1 billion people worldwide
Parasitic diseases in the United States targeted by CDC
Learn about our program’s mission
More information about specific parasites
Spotlight on select DPDM activities
For Healthcare Providers, Emergency Consultations, and General Public.
Acanthamoeba Keratitis Infection
African Sleeping Sickness (African trypanosomiasis)
Alveolar Echinococcosis (Echinococcosis, Hydatid Disease)
Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica Infection)
American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease)
Ancylostomiasis (Hookworm)
Angiostrongyliasis (Angiostrongylus Infection)
Anisakiasis (Anisakis Infection, Pseudoterranova Infection)
Ascariasis (Ascaris Infection, Intestinal Roundworms)
Babesiosis (Babesia Infection)
Balantidiasis (Balantidium Infection)
Baylisascariasis (Baylisascaris Infection, Raccoon Roundworm)
Bilharzia (Schistosomiasis)
Blastocystis hominis Infection
Body Lice Infestation (Pediculosis)
Capillariasis (Capillaria Infection)
Cercarial Dermatitis (Swimmer’s Itch)
Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)
Chilomastix mesnili Infection (Nonpathogenic [Harmless] Intestinal Protozoa)
Clonorchiasis (Clonorchis Infection)
CLM (Cutaneous Larva Migrans, Ancylostomiasis, Hookworm)
“Crabs” (Pubic Lice)
Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium Infection)
Cutaneous Larva Migrans (CLM, Ancylostomiasis, Hookworm)
Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora Infection)
Cysticercosis (Neurocysticercosis)
Cystoisospora Infection (Cystoisosporiasis) formerly Isospora Infection
Dientamoeba fragilis Infection
Diphyllobothriasis (Diphyllobothrium Infection)
Infection (dog or cat tapeworm infection)
Dirofilariasis (Dirofilaria Infection)
Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease)
Dog tapeworm(Dipylidium caninum Infection)
Echinococcosis (Cystic, Alveolar Hydatid Disease)
Elephantiasis (Filariasis, Lymphatic Filariasis)
Endolimax nana Infection (Nonpathogenic [Harmless] Intestinal Protozoa)
Entamoeba coli Infection (Nonpathogenic [Harmless] Intestinal Protozoa)
Entamoeba dispar Infection (Nonpathogenic [Harmless] Intestinal Protozoa)
Entamoeba hartmanni Infection (Nonpathogenic [Harmless] Intestinal Protozoa)
Entamoeba histolytica Infection (Amebiasis)
Enterobiasis (Pinworm Infection)
Fascioliasis (Fasciola Infection)
Fasciolopsiasis (Fasciolopsis Infection)
Filariasis (Lymphatic Filariasis, Elephantiasis)
Giardiasis (Giardia Infection)
Gnathostomiasis (Gnathostoma Infection)
Guinea Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis)
Head Lice Infestation (Pediculosis)
Heterophyiasis (Heterophyes Infection)
Hookworm Infection, Zoonotic (Ancylostomiasis, Cutaneous Larva Migrans [CLM])
Hydatid Disease (Cystic, Alveolar Echinococcosis)
Hymenolepiasis (Hymenolepis Infection)
Intestinal Roundworms (Ascariasis, Ascaris Infection)
Infection (Nonpathogenic [Harmless] Intestinal Protozoa)
Isospora Infection (see Cystoisospora
Infection)
Kala-azar (Leishmaniasis, Leishmania Infection)
Keratitis (Acanthamoeba Infection)
Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar, Leishmania Infection)
Lice Infestation (Body, Head, or Pubic Lice, Pediculosis, Pthiriasis)
Liver Flukes (Clonorchiasis, Opisthorchiasis, Fascioliasis)
Loiasis (Loa loa Infection)
Lymphatic filariasis (Filariasis, Elephantiasis)
Malaria (Plasmodium Infection)
Microsporidiosis (Microsporidia Infection )
Mite Infestation (Scabies)
Neurocysticercosis (Cysticercosis)
Nonpathogenic (Harmless) Intestinal Protozoa
Ocular Larva Migrans (Toxocariasis, Toxocara Infection, Visceral Larva Migrans)
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
Opisthorchiasis (Opisthorchis Infection)
Paragonimiasis (Paragonimus Infection)
Parasitic Infections in the United States
Pediculosis (Head or Body Lice Infestation)
Pthiriasis (Pubic Lice Infestation)
Pinworm Infection (Enterobiasis)
Plasmodium Infection (Malaria)
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia
Pseudoterranova Infection (Anisakiasis, Anisakis Infection)
Pubic Lice Infestation (“Crabs,” Pthiriasis)
Raccoon Roundworm Infection (Baylisascariasis, Baylisascaris Infection)
River Blindness (Onchocerciasis)
Sarcocystosis (Sarcocystosis Infection)
Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)
Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis, African; African Sleeping Sickness)
Strongyloidiasis (Strongyloides Infection)
Swimmer’s Itch (Cercarial Dermatitis)
Taeniasis (Taenia Infection, Tapeworm Infection)
Tapeworm Infection (Taeniasis, Taenia Infection)
Toxocariasis (Toxocara Infection, Ocular Larva Migrans, Visceral Larva Migrans)
Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma Infection)
Trichinellosis (Trichinosis)
Trichinosis (Trichinellosis)
Trichomoniasis (Trichomonas Infection)
Trichuriasis (Whipworm Infection, Trichuris Infection)
Trypanosomiasis, African (African Sleeping Sickness, Sleeping Sickness)
Trypanosomiasis, American (Chagas Disease)
Visceral Larva Migrans (Toxocariasis, Toxocara Infection, Ocular Larva Migrans)
Whipworm Infection (Trichuriasis, Trichuris Infection)
Zoonotic Diseases (Diseases spread from animals to people)
Zoonotic Hookworm Infection (Ancylostomiasis, Cutaneous Larva Migrans [CLM])