RT Book, Section
A1 Alvarez-Olmos, Martha Isabel
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182904206
T1 Schistosomiasis and Foodborne Trematodiasis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182904206
RD 2024/04/24
AB Trematodes,  also  known  as  flukes,  are  a  group  of  flatworms  that  can  cause  human  disease  worldwide  affecting  millions  of  people  from  tropical  areas.  They  have  complex  life  cycles  that  involve  snails  as  intermediate  hosts.  They  can  be  divided,  depending  on  their  mode  of  transmission,  as  bloodborne  flukes  (Schistosoma  species);  foodborne  flukes,  which  include  liver  or  hepatobiliary  flukes  (Clonorchis  sinensis,  Opisthorchis  felineus,  Opisthorchis  viverrini,  Fasciola  hepatica,  and  Fasciola  gigantica);  lung  flukes  (Paragonimus  species);  and  intestinal  flukes  (several  species).  The  life  cycles  are  specific  for  each  type  of  bloodborne  and  foodborne  fluke.  The  clinical  manifestations  depend  on  the  fluke’s  systemic,  visceral,  or  local  tropism  (Table  330-1).