MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -What is Paragonimus? Paragonimus is a parasitic lung fluke (flat worm). Cases of illness from infection occur after a person eats raw or undercooked infected crab or crayfish. The illness is known as paragonimiasis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lung flukes are parasitic organisms called trematodes. The most common lung fluke that affects dogs in North America is called the Paragonimus kellicotti, also known as the North American lung fluke. Other species of lung flukes can infect dogs in other areas of the world but are they are rarely found in North America.