Biology 546
Human parasitology laboratory tutorial

The adult trematode on the left was removed from the intestinal tract of a recent immigrant from mainland China. It measured just under 2 mm in length. What type of trematode does it represent?

Echinostome
Heterophyid
Opisthorchid
Schistosome

Original; photograph by S. J. Upton


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