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  3. Giant intestinal fluke

Giant intestinal fluke

  • Fasciolopsiasis
  • Intestinal distomiasis

Incidence

This intestinal fluke is a common parasite of humans and pigs in central and south China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, India and Bangladesh.

Broader

Trematode diseases
Presentable

Web link

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
J2440
DOCID
12024400
D7NID
168793
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/giant-intestinal-fluke
Last update
Dec 3, 2024