Fasciolopsiasis

Fasciolopsiasis
Eggs of Fasciolopsis buski
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Fasciolopsiasis results from an infection by the trematode Fasciolopsis buski,[1] the largest intestinal fluke of humans, growing up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long.

  1. ^ Lankester E, Küchenmeister F (1857). "Appendix B: On the occurrence of species of Distoma in the human body". On animal and vegetable parasites of the human body: a manual of their natural history, diagnosis, and treatment. Vol. 1. Sydenham Society. pp. 433–7.
    Odhner TH (1902). "Fasciolopsis Buski (Lank.)[= Distomum crassum Cobb.], ein bisher wenig bekannter Parasit des Menschen in Ostasien". Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten. XXXI.

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