Liver Flukes (Fasciola hepatica)

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.