The life cycle of the potentially zoonotic trematode <i>Metagonimus romanicus</i> (Digenea: Heterophyidae): New insights from published and original data.

ABSTRACT: Fish-borne zoonoses are emerging worldwide, and although most human cases remain confined to tropical regions, particularly Southeast and East Asia, a few cases have been reported in Europe. This review summarizes published and new data on the life cycle of Metagonimus romanicus (misidentified as M. yokogawai, a human pathogen common in East Asia), a heterophyid trematode and one of the potentially fish-borne parasites in Europe. Metagonimus romanicus is distributed from the middle Danube in Central Europe (Slovakia) to eastern Ukraine (including the rivers of the Black Sea basin). Its distribution area coincides with that of its first intermediate hosts, the melanopsid snails Microcolpia daudebartii acicularis and Esperiana esperi. While M. romanicus<

SUBMITTER: Oros M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12281539 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature