Metagonimus miyatai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Trematoda |
Order: | Plagiorchiida |
Family: | Heterophyidae |
Genus: | Metagonimus |
Species: | M. miyatai
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Binomial name | |
Metagonimus miyatai Saito, Chai, Kim, Lee and Rim, 1997[1]
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Metagonimus miyatai is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Heterophyidae.
It is a human parasite causing metagonimiasis.
The first intermediate hosts of Metagonimus miyatai include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina,[2] Semisulcospira dolorosa,[2] and Koreoleptoxis globus.[3]
The second intermediate host include freshwater fish: Phoxinus lagowskii steindachneri,[2] Zacco platypus, Nipponocypris temminckii, Plecoglossus altivelis, Tribolodon hakonensis, and Tribolodon brandtii, Opsariichthys bidens.[1][3]
Natural definitive hosts are: dogs, red fox Vulpes vulpes japonica, Japanese raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus, black-eared kite Milvus migrans lineatus, and humans.[1]
Experimental definitive hosts are: mice, rats, hamsters, and dogs.[1][3]