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itch or cercarial dermatitis. Other genera of Class Schistosomatidae are
known to produce skin rashes in humans.
Infectious species:
Hymenolepis diminuta (rat tapeworm, rarely causing hymenolepiasis in
humans)
Hymenolepis nana (hymenolepiasis)
Echinococcus granulosus (hydatid disease, echinococcal disease, cystic
enhinococcosis, echinococcosis)
Echinococcus multilocularis (hydatid disease, echinococcal disease,
alveolar enhinococcosis, echinococcosis)
Echinococcus vogeli (hydatid disease, echinococcal disease, polycystic
echinococcosis, echinococcosis)
Echinococcus oligarthus (hydatid disease, echinococcal disease, polycys-
tic echinococcosis, echinococcosis)
Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm disease)
Taenia solium (pork tapeworm disease, neurocysticercosis, cysticercosis)
Diphyllobothrium latum (diphyllobothriosis or broad tapeworm disease or
fish tapeworm disease)
Dipylidium caninum (cucumber tapeworm disease, double-pore tapeworm
disease)
Spirometra species (sparganosis)
Fasciola gigantica (fascioliasis, liver fluke disease)
Fasciola hepatica (fascioliasis, common liver fluke, sheep liver fluke)
Fasciolopsis buski (fasciolopsiasis)
Fasciolopsis magna (fasciolopsiasis)
Metagonimus yokagawai (metagonimiasis)
Metagonimus takashii (metagonimiasis)
Metagonimus miyatai (metagonimiasis)
Clonorchis sinensis, alternately Opisthorchis sinensis (Chinese liver
fluke, oriental liver fluke)
Opisthorchis felineus (cat liver fluke)
Opisthorchis viverrini (southeast Asian liver fluke)
Dicrocoelium dendriticum (lancet liver fluke)
Dicrocoelium hospes (lancet liver fluke)
Paragonimus westermani (paragonomiasis, lung fluke)
Schistosoma haematobium (urinary schistosomiasis)
Schistosoma intercalatum (intestinal schistosomiasis)
Schistosoma japonicum (schistosomiasis)
Schistosoma mansoni (intestinal schistosomiasis)
Schistosoma mekongi (Asian intestinal schistosomiasis)
Trichobilharzia regenti (swimmer's itch)
