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, [2] and a variety of animals, including humans, as their definitive hosts.

Echinostomes occur in wildlife and domestic animals worldwide, but human cases are seen most frequently in Southeast and East Asia. Incidence is highest in areas where undercooked or raw freshwater snails, clams, fish, or amphibians are eaten. Pathogenicity likely varies depending on the infecting species.

Chapter 8 reviews the literature on the pathology and immunology in animal host-parasite systems. This chapter provides useful information on the manifestations and mechanisms of resistance to infection, experimental strategies, and antigenic characterizations of …

Echinostoma hortense is an intestinal fluke of the class Trematoda, which has been found to infect humans in East Asian countries such as Korea, [1] China, and Japan. This parasite resides in the intestines of birds, rats and other mammals such as humans.

Echinostomiasis is a zoonotic disease caused by intestinal trematodes in the family Echinostomatidae (echinostomes).

Trematodes in the genus, Echinostoma. The genus is worldwide, and about ten species have been recorded in humans, including E. hortense , E. macrorchis , E. revolutum , E. ilocanum and E. perfoliatum . .

2016年1月6日 · Echinostomiasis, caused by trematodes belonging to the family Echinostomatidae, is an important intestinal foodborne parasitic disease. Humans become infected after ingestion of raw or insufficiently cooked molluscs, fish, crustaceans and amphibians, thus, understanding eating habits is essential to determine the distribution of the disease.

Echinostome adults are hermaphroditic digeneans that live in the intestine and bile ducts of numerous vertebrate hosts, particularly aquatic or semi-aquatic birds and mammals, including humans. In the wild, the life cycle of an echinostome is maintained when a definitive host releases eggs (Fig. 1 C) into ponds, streams and lakes.

Several members of the genus Echinostoma and related genera occasionally infect humans as well as other mammals. Adult echinostomes, while varying greatly in size, are easily identified by the collar of spines along the dorsal and lateral sides of the head.

Echinostomiasis, caused by trematodes belonging to the family Echinostomatidae, is an important intestinal foodborne parasitic disease. Humans become infected after ingestion of raw or insufficiently cooked molluscs, fish, crustaceans and amphibians, thus, understanding eating habits is essential to determine the distribution of the disease.