Directory of Flukes Resources

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Flukes or trematodes are parasites that cause cause a variety of infections in humans. Flukes are classified as blood flukes, liver flukes, lung flukes, and intestinal flukes.

Subcategories

• Fascioliasis
• Schistosomiasis
• Swimmer's Itch

Resources in This Category

• CDC DPDx - Clonorchiasis

  http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/clonorchiasis/index.html
  Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. Undercooked freshwater fish from Asia carry the fluke.

• CDC DPDx - Fasciolopsiasis

  http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/fasciolopsiasis/index.html
  Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.

• CDC DPDx - Heterophyiasis

  http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/heterophyiasis/index.html
  Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.

• CDC DPDx - Opisthorchiasis

  http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/opisthorchiasis/index.html
  Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.

• CDC DPDx - Paragonimiasis

  http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/paragonimiasis/index.html
  Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.

• eMedicine - Intestinal Flukes

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/219662-overview
  Article by Chi Hiong U Go, MD.

• eMedicine - Trematode Infection

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/230112-overview
  Article by Subhash Chandra Parija, MD, PhD that describes several flukes and the diseases they cause.

• FDA Bad Bug Book: Nanophyetus spp.

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm070793.htm
  Undercooked fish carries this parasite. Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.

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