Paragonimus westermani

Paragonimus westermani
	An adult specimen stained with carmine
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Paragonimidae
Genus:	Paragonimus
Species:	P. westermani
Binomial name
	Paragonimus westermani; Kerbert, 1878
Subspecies
	P. westermani filipinus; P. westermani ichunencis; P. westermani japonicus; P. westermani westermani

Paragonimus westermani (Japanese lung fluke or oriental lung fluke) is the most common species of lung fluke that infects humans, causing paragonimiasis.^[2] Human infections are most common in eastern Asia and in South America. Paragonimiasis may present as a sub-acute to chronic inflammatory disease of the lung. It was discovered by Coenraad Kerbert (1849–1927) in 1878.

^ Kerbert C. (1878). "Zur Trematoden-Kenntniss". Zoologischer Anzeiger 1: 271–273. Artis zoo, Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap.
^ Haswell-Elkins MR, Elkins DB (1998). "Lung and liver flukes". In Collier L, Balows A, Sussman M (eds.). Topley and Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections. Vol. 5 (9th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 507–520. ISBN 978-0340663202.

[1] Kerbert C. (1878). "Zur Trematoden-Kenntniss". Zoologischer Anzeiger 1: 271–273. Artis zoo, Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap.

[2] Haswell-Elkins MR, Elkins DB (1998). "Lung and liver flukes". In Collier L, Balows A, Sussman M (eds.). Topley and Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections. Vol. 5 (9th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 507–520. ISBN 978-0340663202.

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