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Parasitology
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- 1Fasciola HepaticaSheep Liver Fluke
Fascioliasis
Phylum-Platyhelminthes
Class-Trematoda
1st Intermediate=snail
2nd intermediate=freshwater plants
definitive host=sheep & cattle; humans occasionally
infection caused by ingestion of infected plants - 2Fasciolopsis buskiLarge intestinal fluke
Fasciolopsiasis
Phylum-Platyhelminthes
Class-Trematoda
1st Intermediate=snail
2nd intermediate=freshwater plants
definitive host=humans & pigs
infection caused by ingestion of infected plants - 3Paragonimus westermaniOriental Lung Fluke
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Trematoda
1st intermediate=snail
2nd intermediate=crabs or crayfish
definitive=humans
ingestion of undercooked crustaceans infected by metacercariae
found in lungs - 4Clonorchis sinensisChinese Liver Fluke
Clonorchiasis
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Trematoda
1st intermediate=snail
2nd intermediate=fish
definitive=human
ingestion of infected fish
found in biliary duct - 5Heterophyes heterophyesMinute intestinal fluke
Heterophyiasis
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Class Trematoda
1st intermediate=snail
2nd intermediate=fish
definitive=humans; fish-eating mammals
ingestion of infective fish
found in small intestine
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- Flashcards on Parasitology, created by ftan82787 on 02/12/2013.
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- ftan82787 · Dec 2013
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