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Trematodes
Trematodes
Trematodes
Hepatica:
Common Name - Sheep liver fluke
Infective Stage - Metacercaria
Diagnostic Stage: Unembryonated egg
Sinensis:
Common Name - Chinese Liver Fluke
Infective Stage - Metacercaria
Diagnostic Stage: Embryonated egg
Intermediate host:
1 - Snail
2 - Freshwater fish
Definitive host: Human
Paragonimus:
Common Name: Oriental Lung Fluke
Habitat: Lungs (bronchi/bronchioles)
Diagnostic Specimen:
*Sputum (If expectorated)
*Feces (If swallowed)
Blood flukes
japonicum:
Common name: Oriental blood fluke
Habitat (Adult): Superior mesenteric vein
DS- embryonated egg
IS - fork-tailed cercaria
IH - Oncomelania quadrasi (snail)
DH - Human
Diagnostic spx - stool
mansoni:
CN - Manson' blood fluke
DS - embryonated egg
IS - fork tailed cercaria
Habitat - inferior mesenteric vein
Ih - biomphalaria
Dh - human
Dx specimen - feces
haematobium:
Heterophyes
Cn - heterophid fluke
Habitat - small intestine
IH:
1 - Pirenella conica
2 - Bolti and Bouri fish
Dh - human/fish eating mammal
Is - Encysted metacercaria
DS - Embryonated egg