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metorchiasis

Etiology: - infestation by the liver fluke Metorchis conjunctus Epidemiology: - cause of mortality in Canadian sled dogs - human infection is rare

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Metorchis conjunctus (Distoma conjunctus, Parametorchis canadense, liver fluke)

General

helminth infection

References

  1. Metorchiasis http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/ParaSites2006/Metorchiasis/introduction.html
  2. Behr MA et al North American Liver Fluke (Metorchis Conjunctus) in a Canadian Aboriginal Population: A Submerging Human Pathogen?. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 1998 89(4):258-259. PMID: 9735521
  3. MacLean JD et al Common-source outbreak of acute infection due to the North American liver fluke Metorchis conjunctus. The Lancet, 1996 347(8995):154-158 PMID: 8544550