| 1. | The life cycle of the " N . salmincola " requires three hosts.
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| 2. | Transmission of " N . salmincola " to the definitive host occurs upon ingestion of parasite-infected fish.
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| 3. | Ultimately, " Nanophyetus salmincola " was agreed upon, though " Troglotrema salmincola " remains a synonym.
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| 4. | Ultimately, " Nanophyetus salmincola " was agreed upon, though " Troglotrema salmincola " remains a synonym.
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| 5. | Disease caused by " N . salmincola ", or nanophyetiasis, is easily preventable by thoroughly cooking fish before consumption.
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| 6. | The trematode was first named by Chapin as " Nanophyes salmincola " in 1926, as a member of the family Heterophyidae.
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| 7. | "N . salmincola " is a digenic trematode, which means that it is an unsegmented worm that is flattened dorsoventrally.
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| 8. | There are no known cases of human infection by the " Rickettsia " bacteria carried by " N . salmincola ".
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| 9. | ""'Nanophyetus salmincola " "'is a food-borne intestinal trematode parasite prevalent on the Pacific Northwest coast.
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| 10. | In 1990, the first case of human infection with " N . salmincola " without ingestion of raw or undercooked contaminated fish was reported.
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