Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara merupakan kabupaten endemis fasciolopsiasis, yaitu penyakit cacing trematoda usus yang menginfeksi manusia. Fasciolopsiasis disebabkan oleh salah satu cacing trematoda spesies Fasciolopsis buski. Berdasarkan siklus hidupnya cacing trematoda melewati siklus hidup yang kompleks, pada tahap serkaria harus berkembang dalam siput air tawar tertentu sebagai hospes perantar…
Fibricola seoulensis is one of the Trematodes which caused public health problem among certain community in South Korea. F. seoulensis is widely distributed in South Korea whereas other Fibricola species are found in other countries. The characteristic of this worm is the body consists of forebody and hindbody, having two suckers, hermaphrodite and 1.5 mm x 0.7 mm in size. The first intermediat…
Fibricola seoulensis is one of the Trematodes which caused public health problem among certain community in South Korea. F. seoulensis is widely distributed in South Korea whereas other Fibricola species are found in other countries. The characteristic of this worm is the body consists of forebody and hindbody, having two suckers, hermaphrodite and 1.5 mm x 0.7 mm in size. The first intermediat…