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• fascioliasis, fasciolosis go
  infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica
  
• fasciolopsiasis go
  infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski
  
• Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis go
  a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
  
• enterobiasis go
  an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis
  
• schistosomiasis, bilharzia, bilharziasis go
  an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma
  
• trichinosis, trichiniasis, myositis trichinosa go
  infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork)
  
• acariasis, acariosis, acaridiasis go
  infestation with itch mites
  
• ascariasis go
  infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms
  
• coccidiosis go
  (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia
  
• echinococcosis, hydatid disease, hydatidosis go
  infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms)
  
• helminthiasis go
  infestation of the body with parasitic worms
  
• myiasis go
  infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation
  
• onchocerciasis, river blindness go
  infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas
  
• opisthorchiasis go
  infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish
  
• lousiness, pediculosis go
  infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
  
• trombiculiasis go
  infestation with chiggers
  
• trichuriasis go
  infestation by a roundworm