Metagonimus miyatai

Metagonimus miyatai is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Heterophyidae.

Metagonimus miyatai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Heterophyidae
Genus:	Metagonimus
Species:	M. miyatai
Binomial name
Metagonimus miyatai Saito, Chai, Kim, Lee and Rim, 1997[1]

It is a human parasite causing metagonimiasis.

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan^[2] and Korea.^[3]

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Metagonimus miyatai include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina,^[2] Semisulcospira dolorosa,^[2] and Koreoleptoxis globus.^[3]

The second intermediate host include freshwater fish: Phoxinus lagowskii steindachneri,^[2] Zacco platypus, Nipponocypris temminckii, Plecoglossus altivelis, Tribolodon hakonensis, and Tribolodon brandtii, Opsariichthys bidens.^[1][3]

Natural definitive hosts are: dogs, red fox Vulpes vulpes japonica, Japanese raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus, black-eared kite Milvus migrans lineatus, and humans.^[1]

Experimental definitive hosts are: mice, rats, hamsters, and dogs.^[1][3]