Fasciola
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| Fasciola | |
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| Fasciola hepatica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Subclass: | Digenea |
| Order: | Echinostomida |
| Suborder: | Echinostomata |
| Family: | Fasciolidae |
| Genus: | Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758 |
Fasciola is a genus of trematodes which includes economically important parasite species. Members of genus Fasciola belongs to liver flukes. They causes the disease fasciolosis.
[edit] Species
- Fasciola hepatica
- Fasciola gigantica
- Fasciola jacksoni
- hybrid or introgressed populations of Fasciola gigantica × Fasciola hepatica also exist.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Young N. D., Jex A. R., Cantacessi C., Hall R. S., Campbell B. E. et al. (2011). "A Portrait of the Transcriptome of the Neglected Trematode, Fasciola gigantica—Biological and Biotechnological Implications". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5(2): e1004. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001004.
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