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🪱Fasciola hepatica

Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758

肝蛭(かんてつ、カンテツ、学名:Fasciola spp.)とは、蛭状吸虫科(カンテツ科)に属する吸虫である。ヒトや家畜に寄生し肝蛭症を引き起こす寄生虫として知られる。 厳密に「カンテツ」と言うと Fasciola hepatica を指す。しかし、巨大肝蛭 Fasciola gigantica や、日本産肝蛭 Fasciola sp. を含めて「肝蛭」と総称される場合が多い。本稿では特に限定しない場合は後者を採用する。

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Großer Leberegel (de), 肝蛭 (ja), Leverbot (nl), 간질 (ko), Motylica wątrobowa (pl), Fasciola hepatica (fr) … and 18 more languages
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