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Clonorchis sinensis: Liver Fluke in Humans

Trematodes are all parasitic flukes, and as adults they are almost all found as endoparasites of vertebrates. They are chiefly leaf like in form with one or more suckers but lack the opisthaptor present in monogenean fluke Other structural adaptations for parasitism are apparent: various penetration glands or glands to …

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