Trematode worm of chicken and water birds (final host); cercariae may enter human skin; intermediate hosts are molluscs. Also humans have been described as occasional hosts (intermediate hosts are snails and mussels).
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Han ET et al (2003) Recovery, growth and development of Acanthoparyphium tyosenense in experimental chicks. I. Parasitology 89:176–179
Kim YG et al (2004) Acanthoparyphium tyosenense: experimental confirmation of the cercaria and its complete life cycle in Korea. J Parasitol 90:97–102
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Acanthoparyphium tyosenense . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_3569
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