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liver fluke
(redirected from Fasciola)

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liver fluke: see fluke fluke, parasitic flatworm of the trematoda class, related to the tapeworm . Instead of the cilia, external sense organs, and epidermis of the free-living flatworms, adult flukes have sucking disks with which they cling to their hosts and an external cuticle that
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liver fluke [′liv·ər ‚flük]
(invertebrate zoology)
Any trematode, especiallyClonorchis sinensis,that lodges in the biliary passages within the liver.


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ELISAs with crude extracts of adult Dirofilaria immitis adult worm antigens (AWA Di) (2), Schistosoma bovis worm antigens (3), Fasciola hepatica excretory/secretory antigens (4), and Trichinella spiralis L1 antigens (5) were used.
 
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