ORGANISM 12--Gastrodiscoides hominis
GENERAL CHARACTERISTIC
COMMON NAME: Colonic fluke.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION--India, Viet Nam.
PATHOGENESIS: Mucosal inflammation of cecum and ascending colon.
HABITAT: large intestines; cecum and colon.
INTERMEDIATE HOST
FIRST--Snail.
SECOND--Aquatic vegetation.
RESERVOIR HOST--Hogs and Napu mouse deers.
INFECTIVE FORM--Metacercaria.
MODE OF INFECTION--Ingestion.
SPECIMEN OF CHOICE--Feces.
Figure 3-32. Life cycle of Gastrodiscoides hominis.
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