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Liver Flukes (Fasciola hepatica)
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ectopic fascioliasis
Adult fasciola in abnormal sites when metacercariae enter the circulation and are distributed all over the body.
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Habitat
________: bile ducts of herbivorous animals and occasionally human.
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Reservoir hosts
________: herbivorous animals such as cattle.
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Mode of infection
________: ingestion of encysted metacercariae; either eaten on raw or undercooked vegetables or drunk with water.
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Parasite
Fasciola hepatica
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Disease
Fascioliasis
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Definitive host
Human
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Intermediate host
snail
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Infective stage
encysted metacercariae
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diagnostic stage
egg
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Halzoun (parasitic pharyngitis)
A clinical condition which occurs when eating infected raw liver of sheep.