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