Fluke infections are diseases of the digestive tract and other organ systems caused by parasitic flatworms (Trematodes) that involve hosts other than human beings. Trematode comes from a Greek word that means having holes and refers to the external...

Fasciola hepatica, also known as the common liver fluke or sheep liver fluke, is a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, phylum Platyhelminthes that infects liver of a various mammals, including man. The disease caused by the fluke is called...