lung/ liver/ intestinal flukes Flashcards
Oriental Lung fluke
Paragonimus
westermani
the infective stage of pulmonary or lung fluke is
metacercaria
“TEMPERATE
LIVER FLUKE”
fasciola hepatica
Sheep Liver Fluke
Fasciola hepatica
Chinese Liver Fluke
Oriental Liver Fluke
Clonorchis sinensis
Cat Liver Fluke
Opistorchis felineus
Busk Fluke
Giant Intestinal Fluke
Fasciolopsis buski
Echinostoma
ilocanum
Garrison’s Fluke
Von Siebold Fluke
Dwarf Fluke
Heterophyes
Hetereophyes
“DEADLIEST”
with 3rd sucker -GENITAL
SUCKER/ GONOTYL
h. heteropophyes
Yokogawa’s fluke
Metagonimus
yokogawai
MOT OF lung fluke
ingestion
how many hosts does it require for a lung fluke?
3
1- definitive host- man
2-intermediate (snails and various species)
TYPE OF SEXES OF LUNG/ liver and intestinal FLUKE
HERMAPHRODITIC/ MONOECIOUS
HERMAPHRODITIC/ MONOECIOUS means?
combine sex in one organism