What Is Paragonimiasis Science?

Robert Thorne
Robert Thorne
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Paragonimiasis Is a Zoonotic Disease Caused by Lung Flukes of the Genus Paragonimus. Humans Usually Become Infected by Eating Freshwater Crabs or Crayfish...

What Is Paragonimiasis Science?

Paragonimiasis is a zoonotic disease caused by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus. Humans usually become infected by eating freshwater crabs or crayfish containing encysted metacercariae

metacercariae
The fish-borne trematode (FBT) infections affect the health of more than 18 million people around the world, particularly in Asian countries. Humans are mainly infected with FBT when they eat raw or inadequately cooked fish contained infective larvae, metacercariae.
of these worms. However, an alternative route of infection exists: ingestion of raw meat from a mammalian paratenic host.

What is the paragonimiasis pathology?

Paragonimus is a lung fluke (flatworm) that infects the lungs of humans after eating an infected raw or undercooked crab or crayfish. Less frequent, but more serious cases of paragonimiasis occur when the parasite travels to the central nervous system.

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Is paragonimiasis fatal?

Pulmonary paragonimiasis is rarely fatal, even without treatment. Praziquantel is the drug of choice for paragonimiasis and is uniformly effective against pulmonary paragonimiasis. Treatment with praziquantel has, however, caused patients to cough up living worms, a rather unpleasant side effect.

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