Organisms

Fasciolidae

A family of flukes of the class Trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There are six genera: Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Fascioloides, Tenuifasciola, Parafasciolopsis, and Protofasciola. The adult form of Fasciolopsis occurs in the intestines of pigs and man.

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A family of flukes of the class Trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There are six genera: Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Fascioloides, Tenuifasciola, Parafasciolopsis, and Protofasciola. The adult form of Fasciolopsis occurs in the intestines of pigs and man.

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  • Fascioloides
  • Fasciolopsis
  • Fascioloide
  • Fasciolopses

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Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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a family of trematodes; infection: coord IM with TREMATODE INFECTIONS (IM) but note specific FASCIOL- disease terms; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

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History Note

82; FASCIOLOPSIS was heading 1963-81

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  • Trematoda (1966-1981)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Fasciolidae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005212. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005212
  2. Fasciolidae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciolidae
  3. Fasciolidae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141809