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Fasciolopsis Buski

Fasciolopsis buski, commonly known as the giant intestinal fluke, is a large parasitic flatworm that lives in the small intestines of humans and pigs. It has a leaf-shaped body and attaches itself using ventral suckers. The life cycle involves a snail intermediate host and people become infected by eating raw water plants containing metacercariae. Heavy infections can cause abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and malnutrition as the flukes compete with the host for food absorption.

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Fasciolopsis Buski

Fasciolopsis buski, commonly known as the giant intestinal fluke, is a large parasitic flatworm that lives in the small intestines of humans and pigs. It has a leaf-shaped body and attaches itself using ventral suckers. The life cycle involves a snail intermediate host and people become infected by eating raw water plants containing metacercariae. Heavy infections can cause abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and malnutrition as the flukes compete with the host for food absorption.

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Fasciolopsis

buski
OVERVIEW
• Fasciolopsis buski is commonly called
the giant intestinal fluke, because it is an
exceptionally large parasitic fluke, and
the largest known to parasite humans.
• Fasciolopsis buski lives in the small
intestine of humans and pigs.
• Fasciolopsis buski generally occupies the
upper region of the small intestine, but in
heavy infestations can also be found in
the stomach and lower regions of the
intestine
• The prevalence of fasciolopsis is related
to growing water plants and feeding pigs
on water plants
MORPHOLOGY

 Fasciolopsis buski is a large, leaf-shaped,


 dorsoventrally flattened fluke characterized by a
blunt anterior end,
 undulating, unbranched ceca (sac-like cavities
with single openings),
 tandem dendritic testes,
 branched ovaries, and ventral suckers to attach
itself to the host.
MORPHOLOGY OF ADULT
 The adult flukes range in size: 20 to 75 mm
by 8 to 20 mm and approximate the length
of 50 mm
 Long elliptic, flesh-colored, looks like a
slice of raw meat
 Dead worm looks like a slice of ginger
 The funnel-like ventral sucker is near the
oral sucker
 Two coral-like testes are located in the
posterior half of the body
MORPHOLOGY OF EGG

Oval in shape

Slightly yellow in color


130-140×80-85µm, the
largest helminth egg

 The thinner shell with an


operculum encloses an
ovum and 20-40 yolk
cells.
LIFE CYCLE
Site of inhabitation: small intestine
Infectivestage: metacercaria
Infective mode: eating raw water plants with
metacercariae
Intermediate hosts: Planorbis snail
Medium of water plants: water bamboo, water
caltrop and water chestnut, etc.
Reservoir host: pig
Life span: 1-4 years
LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS

Stool examination:
1. Direct fecal smear
2. Water sedimentation method
EPIDEMIOLOGY
 The disease is prevalent in Southeast Asia. In
China it is found in 18 provinces, city and
autonomic region except north and west regions

 The prevalence of fasciolopiasis is related to


growing water plants and feeding pigs on water
plants
PREVENTION
 In endemic areas, freshwater plants should be cooked before being
eaten.
 Better control of the infection can be achieved by prohibition of
night soil use as fertilizer and proper disposal of human and pigs.
 Health education
 Management of human feces
 Avoid feeding pigs on raw water plants

TREATMENT
 Praziquantel
Pathology and Clinical manifestation

 Enteritis due to the attachment of the adults,


manifests abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting
and diarrhea
 Malnutrition results from the worms sharing food
with the host and diarrhea
 Manifests anemia, edema of leg and face even ascites
 Maximum worm burden report >3,700 worms

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