Clonorchis+sinensis


 * __Chinese Liver Fluke: Clonorchis sinensis__**
 * **Class**: Trematoda
 * **Life Cycle**: embryonated eggs passed in feces, eggs ingested by snail, encyst in skin of flesh of freshwater fish, metacercariae in fish ingested by human, resides in the gall bladder and liver feeding on bile
 * **Male and Female**: hermaphrodites, producing eggs every 1 to 30 seconds
 * **Size**: adults measure 10 to 25 mm by 3 to 5 mm
 * **Interesting Facts**: endemic to Asia including China, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, can be contracted following ingestion of imported, undercooked, or pickled freshwater fish containing metacercariae, believed to be third most prevalent worm parasite in the world
 * **Human Impact**: can cause inflammation and obstruction of biliary ducts, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, eosinophilia, cholangitis, cholelithiasis, pancreatitis, and cholangiocarcinoma
 * **Habitat**: biliary ducts of humans and carnivorous animals
 * **Location**: Asia including China, Vietnam, Korean, Japan, and Taiwan, can be found elsewhere such as USA
 * **Living Requirements**: needs a host throughout life cycle, as adult needs human or carnivorous animal host to feed off bile







http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/html/Clonorchiasis.htm http://www.phsource.us/PH/HELM/PH_Parasites/Clonorchiasis.htm http://www.indigo.com/software/gphpcd/zoo21-24.html http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Clonorchis_sinensis.html
 * Zookeeper: Tori Lopez**
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