ATLASINTESTINAL PARASITES (Helminths)
      TREMATODA Order: Echinostomata

      FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI

      Adapted and redrawn from NCDC

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      Fasciolopsis buski: life cycle.


      Geographic distribution of Fasciolopsis buschi infection

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      Fasciolopsis buski: is endemic in China, Taiwan, South-East Asia,
      Malaysia and India.


      By Emeritus Professor Wallace Peters

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      fb3: F.buski is the human largest intestinal fluke. The adult measures
      2-7,5 cm by 0.8-2 cm by 0,5-3 mm and lives in the small intestine
      and occasionally in the colon and the pylorus attached to the mucosa.
      Light infection are usually asymptomatic, but heavily infected individuals
      may present abdominal pain, diarrhea, malabsorption, toxemia. 

      fb3a: Fasciolopsis buskii adult worm.


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      F.buski eggs are released in faeces unembryonated.
      The operculated eggs are oval with a thin shell,
      brown and measure 130-150 by 78-100 µm.


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      F.buski eggs are released in feces unembryonated.
      The operculated eggs are oval, brown and measure 130-150 by 78-100 µm.