Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Trematode Infections in Children, Bihar, India

Abstract

Eating raw or insufficiently cooked mollusks is a known risk factor for human echinostomiasis. We confirmed identification of Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex trematodes as the causative agent of disease among 170 children in northern Bihar, India. We also identified the snail Pila globosa as a potential source of infections in the study area.

Keywords

• echinostomiasis
• trematodiasis
• metacercaria
• Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex
• trematodes
• snails