2024年9月6日 · Liver flukes are parasites that can infect humans and cause liver and bile duct disease. There are two families of liver flukes that cause disease in humans: Opisthorchiidae (which includes species of Clonorchis and Opisthorchis) and Fasciolidae (which includes species of …

2018年11月13日 · A liver fluke is a parasitic worm. You can become infected after eating contaminated raw or undercooked freshwater fish or watercress. Infections are usually treated with a drug called ...

2024年7月24日 · Liver flukes are parasitic worms that can infect your liver, gallbladder and bile ducts. You can get them from eating uncooked or undercooked fish or watercress.

2023年7月8日 · Liver flukes (fasciola) are parasitic flatworms that affect the bile duct and liver. These flatworms may cause liver fluke disease (fascioliasis).

Liver fluke is a collective name of a polyphyletic group of parasitic trematodes under the phylum Platyhelminthes. [1] They are principally parasites of the liver of various mammals, including humans.

2021年2月23日 · Parasites in the liver cause significant global morbidity and mortality, as they can lead to recurrent cholangitis, cirrhosis, liver failure and cancer. Due to climate change and globalisation, their incidence is increasing, especially in Europe.

2017年9月21日 · Liver flukes are parasitic worms that live in the bile ducts and the liver of infected animals. These parasites cause a disease called fascioliasis in people, cattle, and sheep. Although liver...

2023年3月22日 · Liver flukes are parasitic worms that cause liver, gallbladder, and bile duct infections in humans. Whether you're likely to get a liver fluke infection depends on where you live, what you eat, and if you travel to areas where these parasites are present.

Flukes are parasitic flatworms. There are many species of flukes. Different species tend to infect different parts of the body. Liver fluke infections occur in Europe, Africa, eastern and central Asia, and South America but are rare in the United States. (See also Overview of Parasitic Infections.) Flukes that cause infections of the liver include.

Liver flukes are trematode flatworms, including Clonorchis sinensis; Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica; Opisthorchis felineus and O. viverrini.