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Centrocestus formosanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Heterophyidae
Genus:	Centrocestus
Species:	C. formosanus
Binomial name
Centrocestus formosanus Nishigori, 1924

Centrocestus formosanus, or the mystery fluke, is a trematode parasite of Asian origin that has found its way into North American streams and rivers. It not only affects the fountain darter but many species of commercially important fishes. It is also capable of infecting humans

The parasite is transmitted via a freshwater snail Red-rimmed melania Melanoides tuberculata that was introduced in the United States and Mexico in the 1960s. The parasite is believed to have been introduced from shipments of black carp to fish farms in Mexico. The definitive hosts of Centrocestus formosanus appear to be piscivorous birds that migrate along the central flyway from South America to North America.

References

1. Chai, Jong-Yil; Sohn, Woon-Mok; Yong, Tai-Soon; Eom, Keeseon S.; Min, Duk-Young; Lee, Mi Youn; Lim, Hyemi; Insisiengmay, Bounnaloth; Phommasack, Bounlay; Rim, Han-Jong (June 2013). "Centrocestus formosanus (Heterophyidae): Human Infections and the Infection Source in Lao PDR". Journal of Parasitology. 99 (3): 531–536. doi:10.1645/12-37.1. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 23116489. S2CID 43574078.
2. (in Spanish) Vergara D. & Velásquez L. E. (2009). "LARVAS DE DIGENEA EN Melanoides tuberculata (GASTROPODA: THIARIDAE) EN MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA. Larval stages of digenea from Melanoides tuberculata (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in Medellín, Colombia". Acta Biológica Colombiana 14(1): 135-142. abstract Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, PDF Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine.

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