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Biliary, Intestinal, and Pulmonary Flukes

Definition

  • Flukes are trematodes, or flatworms, that can cause human infection, leading to considerable morbidity and mortality.
  • The significant human infections caused by flukes can be divided according to the tissues that are invaded by the adult fluke.
    • Blood (see Schistosomiasis)
    • Biliary tree
      • Infection with Clonorchis sinensis
      • Infection with Opisthorchis viverrini and O. felineus
      • Infection with Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica
    • Intestines
      • Infection with Fasciolopsis buski
      • Infection with Heterophyes heterophyes
    • Lungs
      • Infection with Paragonimus westermani and related species

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Biliary, Intestinal, and Pulmonary Flukes
Last updated: March 13, 2008
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