<unk>  is the major species of lung fluke that infects humans, causing paragonimiasis. The species sometimes is called the Japanese lung fluke or oriental lung fluke. Human infections are most common in eastern Asia and in South America.<unk>  was discovered when two Bengal tigers died of paragonimiasis in zoos in Europe in 1878. Several years later, infections in humans were recognised in Formosa (present-day Taiwan).
Paragonimus westermani
Echinostoma revolutum
Echinostoma cinetorchis
Ancylostoma tubaeforme
Ascaris lumbricoides
Trichuris trichiura
Gnathostoma spinigerum
Trichinella britovi