Paragonimus kellicotti
Paragonimus kellicotti is a trematode (Platyhelminthes) that causes human lung fluke disease (paragonimiasis). Adult worms live in the lungs of various mammals that feed on crayfish. People occasionally become infected by eating uncooked crayfish containing larval stages of the fluke. This species of fluke is widespread in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. Adult worms for genome sequencing were isolated from gerbils experimentally infected with larvae collected from Missouri crayfish.
isolate
Missouri
collected_by
Peter Fischer
collection_date
2011-09
geo_loc_name
USA
host
Homo sapiens
host_disease
paragonimiasis
isolation_source
Gerbil
lat_lon
38.50 N 92.50 W
tissue
plueral cavity
BioSampleModel
Invertebrate