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In 2000, about 39 million people were infected with trematodes (flukes) that naturally parasitize fish and crustaceans, but can pass to humans who eat raw or lightly cooked seafood. Infection of humans by the broad fish tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum occasionally causes vitamin B 12 deficiency and, in severe cases, megaloblastic anemia. [44]
Alaria is a genus of flatworms, or trematodes, in the family Diplostomidae. Alaria is a genus of small parasitic worm about 2–6 mm long and approximately 2 mm wide. It is usually found in the small intestine of dogs, cats, or wild carnivores. It is most commonly found in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
A parasite called Heterobilharzia americana, a flatworm commonly referred to as liver fluke, was behind the illness of the 11 dogs. The parasite normally makes its home in Texas and in the South.
Taenia crassiceps usually infects canines and also rodents, but rarely infect humans. Taenia gonyamai is parasite of antelope (as larvae) and lions (as adults). [3] Taenia hydatigena uses ruminants and swine as intermediate hosts to infect mainly dogs. Taenia mustelae infects small carnivorans. Taenia ovis uses sheep as intermediate hosts to ...
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes or trematodes.They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts.The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail.
Echinococcus is a genus within Cestoda, a parasitic class of the platyhelminthes phylum (colloquially known as flatworms). Human echinococcosis is an infectious disease caused by the following species: E. granulosus, E. multilocularis, E. vogeli [1] [2] or E. oligarthrus. [2]
Fasciola hepatica, also known as the common liver fluke or sheep liver fluke, is a parasitic trematode (fluke or flatworm, a type of helminth) of the class Trematoda, phylum Platyhelminthes. It infects the livers of various mammals, including humans, and is transmitted
Schistosoma is a genus of trematodes, commonly known as blood flukes.They are parasitic flatworms responsible for a highly significant group of infections in humans termed schistosomiasis, which is considered by the World Health Organization to be the second-most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease (after malaria), with hundreds of millions infected worldwide.