About: Echinostoma

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Echinostoma is a genus of trematodes (flukes), which can infect both humans and other animals. These intestinal flukes have a three-host life cycle with snails or other aquatic organisms as intermediate hosts, and a variety of animals, including humans, as their definitive hosts. Echinostoma infect the gastrointestinal tract of humans, and can cause a disease known as echinostomiasis. The parasites are spread when humans or animals eat infected raw or undercooked food, such as bivalve molluscs or fish.

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  • Echinostoma is a genus of trematodes (flukes), which can infect both humans and other animals. These intestinal flukes have a three-host life cycle with snails or other aquatic organisms as intermediate hosts, and a variety of animals, including humans, as their definitive hosts. Echinostoma infect the gastrointestinal tract of humans, and can cause a disease known as echinostomiasis. The parasites are spread when humans or animals eat infected raw or undercooked food, such as bivalve molluscs or fish. (en)
  • Echinostoma est un genre de trématodes de la famille des . (fr)
  • 棘口属（学名：Echinostoma）为棘口科的一个属。 (zh)
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  • Rudolphi, 1809 (en)
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  • Two specimens of Echinostoma revolutum (en)
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  • Echinostoma (en)
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  • Echinostoma is a genus of trematodes (flukes), which can infect both humans and other animals. These intestinal flukes have a three-host life cycle with snails or other aquatic organisms as intermediate hosts, and a variety of animals, including humans, as their definitive hosts. Echinostoma infect the gastrointestinal tract of humans, and can cause a disease known as echinostomiasis. The parasites are spread when humans or animals eat infected raw or undercooked food, such as bivalve molluscs or fish. (en)
  • Echinostoma est un genre de trématodes de la famille des . (fr)
  • 棘口属（学名：Echinostoma）为棘口科的一个属。 (zh)
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  • Echinostoma (en)
  • Echinostoma (fr)
  • 棘口属 (zh)
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