Classification of helminthoses (worm diseases).
| Strain | Family | Type |
| Cestodes (tapeworms) | Pseudophyllidae | Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm). |
| Cyclophyllidae | Taenia saginata (bovine tapeworm) Taenia solium (porcine tapeworm) | |
| Echinococcus [echinococcosis] | Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm) Echinococcus multilocularis (fox tapeworm) Echinococcus vogeli Echinococcus oligarthus | |
| Hymenolepidae | Vampirolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm) Hymenolepis diminuta (rat tapeworm). | |
| Nematodes (threadworms) | Oxyuridae (pinworms) | Enterobius vermicularis [oxyuriasis]. |
| Ascarididae (roundworms) | Ascaris lumbricoides Anisakis marina Anisakis simplex Toxocara canis/-cati | |
| Ancylostomatidae (hookworms) | Ancylostoma duodenale Necator americanus | |
| Rhabditidae | Strongyloides stercoralis (dwarf nematode) Strongyloides fuelleborni | |
| Angiostrongylidae | Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) Angiostrongylus costaricensis | |
| Trichuridae (whipworms) | Trichuris trichiura | |
| Trichinella (trichinae) [trichinellosis]. | Trichinella spiralis Trichinella nelsoni Trichnella nativa Trichinella britovi Trichinella pseudospiralis | |
| Filiariidae (nematodes) | Wuchereria bancrofti Brugia malayi Brugia timori Loa loa Onchocerca volvulus | |
| Spiruridae | Dracunculus medinensis | |
| Trematodes (sucking worms) | Schistosomatidae [schistosomiasis; bilharzia] | Schistosoma haematobium Schistosoma japonicum Schistosoma mekongi Schistosoma mansoni Schistosoma intercalatum |
| Liver fluke | Opisthorchis felineus (cat liver fluke) Opisthorchis viverrini (Chinese liver fluke) Clonorchis sinensis Dicrocoelium dendriticum Fasciola hepatica Fasciola gigantica | |
| Intestinal fluke | Fasciolopsis buski Metagonimus Heterophyes Echinostoma Gastrodiscoides Watsonius | |
| Paragonimus (lung fluke) | Paragonimus westermani Paragonimus heterotremus Paragonimus africanus Paragonimus uterobilateralis Paragonimus mexicanus Paragonimus iyazakii Paragonimus kellicotti |
