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This is a list of
pathogens
(
human
or otherwise) in order of size.
Classification
Binomial name
Common name
Dimension
Size
Reference
Flatworm
animal
Eucestoda
Tapeworm
length (maximum)
25 m
Eucestoda
Nematode
animal
Loa loa
Loa loa
length (female)
20–70 mm
Loa loa
Arthropod
animal
Cymothoa exigua
Tongue-eating louse
length (female)
8–29 mm
Cymothoa exigua
Nematode
animal
Enterobius
Pinworm
length (female)
8–13 mm
Pinworm (parasite)
Arthropod
animal
Pediculus humanus capitis
Head louse
length
2.5–3 mm
Head louse
Flatworm
animal
Eucestoda
Tapeworm
length (minimum)
1 mm
Eucestoda
Arthropod
animal
Sarcoptes scabiei
Scabies
length (female)
0.3–0.45 mm
Sarcoptes scabiei
Metamonad
Giardia lamblia
Giardia
length
10-20 μm
Giardia lamblia
Fungus
Candida albicans
Yeast infection
diameter
10-12 μm
Candida albicans
Bacterium
Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease
length
10 μm
Borrelia burgdorferi
Alveolate
protist
Plasmodium
Malaria
diameter (sexual form)
7-14 μm
[1]
Fungus
[many]
[many]
width of
hyphae
2-10 μm
Fungus
Bacterium
Yersinia pestis
Plague
length
a few μm
Yersinia
Bacterium
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
length
2-4 μm
[2]
Alveolate
protist
Plasmodium
Malaria
diameter (asexual form)
1-2 μm
[1]
Bacterium
Mycoplasma genitalium
(one cause of
urethritis
)
length
600 nm
Mycoplasma
Virus
HIV
HIV
diameter
120 nm
HIV
Virus
Orthomyxoviridae
Influenza
diameter
50-120 nm
Orthomyxoviridae
Virus
Rhinovirus
Common cold
diameter
30 nm
Rhinovirus
Virus
Porcine circovirus
Porcine circovirus
diameter
17 nm
Porcine circovirus
See also
Orders of magnitude (length)
References
^
a
b
"Malaria"
.
^
"
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
and Tuberculosis
"
. Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology.
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This is a list of
pathogens
(
human
or otherwise) in order of size.
Classification
Binomial name
Common name
Dimension
Size
Reference
Flatworm
animal
Eucestoda
Tapeworm
length (maximum)
25 m
Eucestoda
Nematode
animal
Loa loa
Loa loa
length (female)
20–70 mm
Loa loa
Arthropod
animal
Cymothoa exigua
Tongue-eating louse
length (female)
8–29 mm
Cymothoa exigua
Nematode
animal
Enterobius
Pinworm
length (female)
8–13 mm
Pinworm (parasite)
Arthropod
animal
Pediculus humanus capitis
Head louse
length
2.5–3 mm
Head louse
Flatworm
animal
Eucestoda
Tapeworm
length (minimum)
1 mm
Eucestoda
Arthropod
animal
Sarcoptes scabiei
Scabies
length (female)
0.3–0.45 mm
Sarcoptes scabiei
Metamonad
Giardia lamblia
Giardia
length
10-20 μm
Giardia lamblia
Fungus
Candida albicans
Yeast infection
diameter
10-12 μm
Candida albicans
Bacterium
Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease
length
10 μm
Borrelia burgdorferi
Alveolate
protist
Plasmodium
Malaria
diameter (sexual form)
7-14 μm
[1]
Fungus
[many]
[many]
width of
hyphae
2-10 μm
Fungus
Bacterium
Yersinia pestis
Plague
length
a few μm
Yersinia
Bacterium
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
length
2-4 μm
[2]
Alveolate
protist
Plasmodium
Malaria
diameter (asexual form)
1-2 μm
[1]
Bacterium
Mycoplasma genitalium
(one cause of
urethritis
)
length
600 nm
Mycoplasma
Virus
HIV
HIV
diameter
120 nm
HIV
Virus
Orthomyxoviridae
Influenza
diameter
50-120 nm
Orthomyxoviridae
Virus
Rhinovirus
Common cold
diameter
30 nm
Rhinovirus
Virus
Porcine circovirus
Porcine circovirus
diameter
17 nm
Porcine circovirus
See also
Orders of magnitude (length)
References
^
a
b
"Malaria"
.
^
"
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
and Tuberculosis
"
. Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology.
Categories
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