Metagonimus /Meta·gon·i·mus/ (met″ah-gon´ĭ-mus) a genus of flukes, including M. yokoga´wai, parasitic in the small intestine of humans and other mammals in Japan, China, Indonesia, the Balkans, and Israel.
Met·a·gon·i·mus (m t  -g n -ms)n. A genus of flukes that encyst on fish and infest humans and other fish-eating animals, including Metagonimus yokogawai, a common intestinal fluke in eastern Asia and the Balkan states, which causes diarrhea when ingested in its larval form in raw fish. |
Metagonimus
a genus of digenetic trematodes in the family Heterophydiiae.
Metagonimus yokogawai
found in the small intestine of the dog, cat, pig, pelican and humans. May cause enteritis in humans but considered to be nonpathogenic in animals.
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