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A parasitic flatworm which settles inside the liver, in the bloodstream and in other parts of the body.<\/p>\n

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Parasitic worm belonging to the class Trematoda; passes through numerous stages and may infect the blood, intestines, liver, or lung.<\/p>\n

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A member of the flatworm group; also called Trematoda. Flukes are parasitic and maintain complicated life cycles residing in animal tissues of two or more hosts. A subgroup of flukes, called the liver fluke, is found most commonly in China. This flat-worm infests sheep and can be transmitted to humans who ingest plants that have been contaminated by the larvae of the fluke. The ingested worm larvae settle inside the bile ducts of the liver and cause jaundice, or yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes. Schistosomiasis is a fluke infestation that is spread via contact with contaminated water in tropical regions.<\/p>\n

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Any of the parasitic flatworms belonging to the group Trematoda. Adult flukes, which have suckers for attachment to their host, are parasites of man, occurring in the liver (liver flukes), lungs, gut, and blood vessels and often cause serious disease. Eggs, passed out with the stools, hatch into larvae called miracidia, which penetrate an intermediate snail host. Miracidia give rise asexually to redia larvae and finally cercariae in the snail’s tissues. The released cercariae may enter a second intermediate host (such as a fish or crustacean); form a cyst (metacercaria) on vegetation; or directly penetrate the human skin.<\/p>\n

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A parasitic worm belonging to the class Trematoda, phylum Platyhelminthes. Those parasitic in humans belong to the order Digenea. Most flukes have complex life cycles including asexual reproductive forms that live in a mollusc (snail or bivalve). Stages of a typical fluke include adult, egg, miracidium, sporocyst, redia, cercaria, and metacercaria.<\/p>\n

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A parasitic flatworm characterized by the presence of external suckers is commonly referred to as a fluke. Flukes are also known as trematodes.<\/p>\n

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Flukes, also known as trematodes, are a type of flattened worm that can infect both humans and animals. They are responsible for two primary diseases: liver fluke infestation, which is widespread globally, and schistosomiasis, a debilitating disease commonly found in tropical regions.<\/p>\n

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