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Table 1 0. 1 ClassificationofHelminthsMentionedintheText

Phylum

&Superclass***

&Class**

&Subclass*

Order

&Superfamily

Genus

Platyhelmintha

&Trematoda*** Strigeatida Schistosoma,Bilharziella,Trichobilharzia

Echinostomida Fasciola,Fasciolopsis,Echinostoma

Plagiorchiida Dicrocoelium,Paragonimus

Opisthorchiida Opisthorchis,Clonorchis,Heterophyes,

Metagonimus

&Cestoda** Pseudophyllida Diphyllobothrium

Cyclophyllida Taenia,Echinococcus,Hymenolepis

Nematoda

&Secernentia* Rhabditida Strongyloides

Strongylida Ancylsotsoma,Necator,Trichostrongylus,

Angiostrongylus(=Parastrongylus)

Oxyurida Enterobius

Ascaridida Ascaris,Toxocara,Baylisascaris,Anisakis,

Phocanema,Contracaecum

Spirurida

&Filarioidea Wuchereria,Brugia,Loa,Onchocerca,

Mansonella,Dirofilaria

&Dracunculoidea Dracunculus

&Adenophoria Enoplida Trichuris,Trichinella

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