Problem
Infection by liver flukes
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
DistomatosisDistomiasis
Fascioliasis
Nature:
Infection by liver fluke, a type of flatworm, is a widespread parasitic disease present on all continents. Also known as fascioliasis, it affects the liver and bile ducts of a large variety of warm-blooded animals, domestic and wild, and humans, causing enlargement and thickening of the walls of the bile ducts and fibrosis of the liver tissue, resulting in loss of condition, digestive disorders, anaemia and other symptoms of parasitism. In sheep, extensive liver damage caused by flukes contributes directly to 'black disease', (infectious necrotic hepatitis), which does not occur in healthy animals. Economic losses arise from emaciation of domestic animals, and from production of liver unfit for human consumption.
Incidence:
Liver flukes infect over 17 million people worldwide causing marked morbidity and mortality.
Broader Problems:
ZoonosesTrematode diseasesParasitic diseases in animals Narrower Problems:
Lancet flukeClonorchiasisOpisthorchiasisGiant liver flukeCommon liver flukeLarge American liver fluke Aggravates:
Infectious necrotic hepatitis Reduced By:
Environmental hazards of pesticidesSubject(s):
Invertebrates → Helminthes, annelidaMedicine → Liver, pancreas
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
17.10.2021 – 10:32 CEST