"Paragonimus westermani " is distributed in southeast Asia and Japan.
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In size, shape, and color, " Paragonimus westermani " resembles a coffee bean when alive.
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""'Paragonimus westermani " "'is the major species of lung fluke that infects humans, causing paragonimiasis.
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The most prominent species of Paragonimus in human medicine is " Paragonimus westermani ", an infectious lung fluke originating in eastern Asia.
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The eggs of the parasitic lung fluke " Paragonimus westermani " are actually destroyed by the stain, which can hinder diagnosis in patients who present with TB-like symptoms.
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Human infections are most common in eastern Asia and in South America . " Paragonimus westermani " was discovered when two Bengal tigers died of paragonimiasis in zoos in Europe in 1878.
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Most species inhabit the human gastrontestinal tract, where they shed eggs along with host feces . " Paragonimus westermani ", which colonizes the lungs, can also pass its eggs in saliva.
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For many years " Tarebia granifera " was believed to be an intermediate host for the Asian lungfluke " Paragonimus westermani " ( Kerbert, 1878 ), but Michelson showed in 1992 that this was erroneous.
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