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Leo Shapiro commented on "Parasites of Humans":
I agree. I think there are a lot of species that can be involved (and I would presume we mostly don't know which ones), but just tossing in the whole phylum (especially without explanation) is not the way to go. I've put it on my to-do list to kick out the phylum and pursue your suggestion instead.
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Katja Schulz commented on "Parasites of Humans":
@Leo Shapiro: But does it really make sense to include the phylum in this collection? Why not add the species mentioned in the Wikipedia article instead and put a note on each page about their implication in the condition?
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Leo Shapiro commented on "Parasites of Humans":
@Katja Schulz: Well, the reason is that "Sea Bathers Itch" is caused by larval cnidarians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabather%27s_eruption, which are admittedly NOT parasites, but the condition is often confused with "Swimmer's Itch" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimmer%27s_itch, which is caused by schistosomes that most definitely ARE parasites--although humans are not normal hosts and they cannot complete their life cycle in humans. There's a bit of gray zone re. what should be counted as a "parasite of humans". I think parasites that infect humans, even if the human is a dead-end host for them, should clearly be included. I'm not so sure about the cnidarians...
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Bob Corrigan commented on "Oesophagostomum":
Leo, can you add a common name to this genus? Thanks
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Katja Schulz marked the classification from "NCBI Taxonomy" as preferred for "Giardia lamblia Kofoid and Christiansen, 1915".
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