Problem
Trematode diseases
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Fluke infectionEchinostomiasis
Heterophyiasis
Nature:
Eggs of the trematode worm which eliminated into water via human or animal faeces are ingested by certain snails. The eggs hatch within the snail and develop into large numbers of free-swimming larval organisms that escape into the water and penetrate under the scales or in the flesh of freshwater fish. Humans become infected when eating the fish either raw or undercooked. The ingested organisms migrate to the human bile ducts where they mature and remain during their life span, shedding eggs into the bile.
Broader Problems:
HelminthiasisNervous system diseases caused by parasitesGastrointestinal infections in animals due to parasites Narrower Problems:
Lung flukesInfection by liver flukesClonorchiasisParamphistomesSchistosomiasisPancreatic flukeGiant intestinal fluke Reduced By:
Threatened species of MolluscaStrategies:
Reducing prevalence of schistosomiasis Subject(s):
Invertebrates → Helminthes, annelidaMedicine → Pathology
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST