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Plant-Borne Trematode Zoonoses: Fascioliasis and Fasciolopsiasis

Santiago Mas-comaMaría Dolores BarguesM. A. Valero

subject

Veterinary medicinebiologyHepaticaFasciolopsismedicineFasciola hepaticaFasciolopsiasisLiver flukemedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationGastrodiscoides hominisPyrantel PamoateFasciolidae

description

There are six plant-borne trematode species known affecting humans: Fasciola hepatica, F. gigantica, and Fasciolopsis buski (Fasciolidae), Gastrodiscoides hominis (Gastrodiscidae), Watsonius watsoni, and Fischoederius elongatus (Paramphistomidae). Whereas F. hepatica and F. gigantica are hepatic, the other four species are intestinal parasites.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71358-8_9