List of pathogens by size

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 vermicularis 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 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 Alveolate protist Plasmodium Malaria diameter (asexual form) 1-2 μm 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)

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