Echinostoma revolutum

Echinostoma revolutum
Two specimens of Echinostoma revolutum, from:[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Echinostomatidae
Genus: Echinostoma
Species:
E. revolutum
Binomial name
Echinostoma revolutum
(Fröhlich, 1802) Looss, 1899
Synonyms[2]
  • E. armatum Barker & Irvine, 1915
  • E. audyi Lie & Umathevy, 1965
  • E. columbae Zunker, 1925
  • E. dilatatum (Miram, 1940) Cobbold, 1860
  • E. echinocephalum (Rudolphi, 1819) Cobbold, 1860
  • E. erraticum Lutz, 1924
  • E. ivaniosi Mahandas, 1973
  • E. limicoli Johnson, 1920
  • E. mendax Dietz, 1909
  • E. microrchis Lutz, 1924
  • E. neglectum Lutz, 1924
  • E. nephrocystis Lutz, 1924
  • E. oxycephalum (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, 1896
  • E. revolutum tenuicollis Bashikirova, 1941
  • E. revolutum var. japonicum Kurisu, 1932
  • E. stromi Bashikirova, 1946
  • E. sudanense Odhner, 1910

Echinostoma revolutum is a trematode parasite of which the adults can infect birds and mammals, including humans. In humans, it causes echinostomiasis.[1]

  1. ^ a b Sohn, Woon-Mok; Chai, Jong-Yil; Yong, Tai-Soon; Eom, Keeseon S.; Yoon, Cheong-Ha; Sinuon, Muth; Socheat, Duong; Lee, Soon-Hyung (2011). "Echinostoma revolutumInfection in Children, Pursat Province, Cambodia". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 17 (1): 117–9. doi:10.3201/eid1701.100920. PMC 3204640. PMID 21192870..
  2. ^ Chai, Jong-Yil; Cho, Jaeeun; Chang, Taehee; Jung, Bong-Kwang; Sohn, Woon-Mok (2020). "Taxonomy of Echinostoma revolutum and 37-collar-spined Echinostoma spp.: A historical review". The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 58 (4): 343–371. doi:10.3347/kjp.2020.58.4.343. PMC 7462802. PMID 32871630.
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