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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Platyhelminths > Trematoda > Fasciolidae > Fasciola > Fasciola hepatica

Preferred term

Fasciola hepatica  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Fluke, Liver
  • Flukes, Liver
  • Liver Fluke
  • Liver Flukes

Note

  • infection = FASCIOLIASIS & do not bother to coord with FASCIOLA HEPATICA unless particularly discussed (index IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • A species of helminth commonly called the sheep liver fluke. It occurs in the biliary passages, liver, and gallbladder during various stages of development. Snails and aquatic vegetation are the intermediate hosts. Occasionally seen in man, it is most common in sheep and cattle.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005210

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