Heterophyes_nocens

<i>Heterophyes nocens</i>

Heterophyes nocens

Species of fluke

Heterophyes nocens is a species of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.

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Distribution

This species occurs in:

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Heterophyes nocens include brackish water snail Cerithideopsilla cingulata.[2]

The second intermediate host include freshwater fish: Mugil cephalus, and Acanthogobius flavimanus.[2]

Natural definitive hosts are fish-eating animals: cats, and humans.[2] It can infect humans when eating raw fish. Experimental definitive hosts are: dogs and cats.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 47(Suppl): S69-S102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69.
  2. [2]
    Chai J. Y., Darwin Murrell K. & Lymbery A. J. (2005). "Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues". International Journal for Parasitology 35(11-12): 1233-1254. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.07.013.


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