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Match the parasitic trematodes with their common names ||| |---|---| |Trematode|Common name| |1. Clonorchis sinensis|a. Sheep liver fluke| |2. Fasciola hepatica|b. Lung fluke| |3. Fasciolopsis buski|c. Chinese liver fluke| |4. Paragonimus westermani|d. Giant intestinal fluke|

  1. 1. Clonorchis sinensis b. Lung fluke
    2. Fasciola hepatica d. Giant intestinal fluke
    3. Fasciolopsis buski a. Sheep liver fluke
    4. Paragonimus westerman c. Chinese liver fluke
  2. 1. Clonorchis sinensis d. Giant intestinal fluke
    2. Fasciola hepatica c. Chinese liver fluke
    3. Fasciolopsis buski a. Sheep liver fluke
    4. Paragonimus westerman b. Lung fluke
  3. 1. Clonorchis sinensis c. Chinese liver fluke
    2. Fasciola hepatica a. Sheep liver fluke
    3. Fasciolopsis buski d. Giant intestinal fluke
    4. Paragonimus westerman b. Lung fluke
  4. 1. Clonorchis sinensis d. Giant intestinal fluke
    2. Fasciola hepatica b. Lung fluke
    3. Fasciolopsis buski c. Chinese liver fluke
    4. Paragonimus westerman a. Sheep liver fluke
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Explanation

Clonorchis sinensis is Chinese liver fluke which causes serum sickness disease. Fasciola hepatica is sheep liver fluke which causes asymptomatic fever. Fasciolopsis buski is giant intestinal fluke which may cause abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Paragonimus westerman is lung fluke which may cause tuberculosis-like symptoms.

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