Centrocestus armatus is a species of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.
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| Species: | C. armatus
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| Centrocestus armatus (Tanabe, 1922)
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Southeast Asia.[1]
Life cycle
editThe first intermediate hosts of Centrocestus armatus include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina.[2]
The second intermediate hosts include fish Nipponocypris temminkii and Zacco platypus.[1]
The final hosts include Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax.[1]
It may infect humans.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Komatsu S., Kimura D., Paller V. G. V. & Uga S. (2014). "Dynamics of Centrocestus armatus Transmission in Endemic River in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan". Tropical Medicine and Health 42(1): 35-42. doi:10.2149/tmh.2013-34.
- ^ Paller V. G., Kimura D. & Uga S. (2007). "Infection dynamics of Centrocestus armatus cercariae (Digenea: Heterophyidae) to second intermediate fish hosts". Journal of Parasitology 93(2): 436–439. doi:10.1645/GE-997R.1.
Further reading
edit- Kimura D. & Uga S. (2005). "Epidemiological study on Centrocestus armatus metacercariae in Chikusa River, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan". Tropical Medicine and Health 33:7–11.
- Paller V. G. V. & Uga S. (2008). "Attachment and Penetration of Centrocestus armatus (Digenea: Heterophyidae) Cercariae to Gills of Secondary Intermediate Fish Hosts". Journal of Parasitology 94(3): 578–583. doi:10.1645/GE-1402.1.
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