Haplorchis taichui
{{Short description|Species of fluke}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Haplorchis taichui (10.3897-zse.90.7306) Figure 4.jpg
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| genus = Haplorchis
| species = taichui
| authority = (Nishigori, 1924)
| synonyms_ref = Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 47(Suppl): S69-S102. {{doi|10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69}}.
| synonyms =
Monorchotrema taichui Nishigori, 1924
Monorchotrema microrchia Katsuda, 1932
Haplorchis microrchis Yamaguti, 1958
}}
Haplorchis taichui is a species of intestinal fluke in the family Heterophyidae.{{cite journal|last1=Gohar|first1=N.|title=Les trématodes parasites du milan égyptien Milvus migrans avec description d'une nouvelle espèce et remarques sur les genres Haplorchis Looss 1899 et Monorchotrema Nishigori 1924|journal=Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée|volume=12|issue=3|year=1934|pages=218–227|doi=10.1051/parasite/1934123218|url=https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/pdf/1934/03/parasite1934123p218.pdf|doi-access=free}} {{open access}} It is a human parasite.
Distribution
This species occurs in: Taiwan, the Philippines,A{{Cite journal|pmid=15562620|year=2004|last1=Belizario Jr|first1=VY|last2=De Leon|first2=WU|last3=Bersabe|first3=MJ|last5=Baird|first5=JK|last6=Bangs|first6=MJ|title=A focus of human infection by Haplorchis taichui (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in the southern Philippines|volume=90|issue=5|pages=1165–9|doi=10.1645/GE-3304RN|journal=The Journal of Parasitology|last4=Baird|first4=J. Kevin|s2cid=7307261|url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1072&context=usnavyresearch}} Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and South China.
Life cycle
The first intermediate hosts of Heterophyes nocens include freshwater snails Melania obliquegranosa, Stenomelania juncea, and Melanoides tuberculata.
The second intermediate host include freshwater fish: Cyclocheilichthys repasson, goldfish Carassius auratus, Cyprinus carpio, Gambusia affinis, Hampala dispar, Labiobarbus leptocheilus, Puntius binotatus, Puntius brevis, Puntius gonionotus, Javean barb, Barbodes palata, Pseudorasbora parva, Rhodeus ocellatus, Zacco platypus, Raiamas guttatus, Mystacoleucus marginatus, and Siamese mud carp Henicorhynchus siamensis.
Natural definitive hosts are fish-eating animals: dogs, cats, birds, and humans.
Effects on human health
=Symptoms=
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=Diagnosis and treatment=
Oxyresveratrol, a stilbenoid found in extracts of Artocarpus lakoocha is effective against Haplorchis taichui.{{Cite journal|pmid=16438193|url=http://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2005_36_spp4/36sup4_112.pdf|year=2005|last1=Wongsawad|first1=C|last2=Wongsawad|first2=P|last3=Luangphai|first3=P|last4=Kumchoo|first4=K|title=In vitro effects of aqueous extract from Artocarpus takoocha Roxb on tegumental surface of Haplorchis taichui|volume=36|pages=112–6|journal=The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health|issue=Suppl 4 }}
References
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External links
- {{NCBI taxid|235153|Haplorchis taichui}}
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Category:Animals described in 1924
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