In 1878, the adult fluke was described by: Coenraad Kerbert
Kerbert discovered the organism in the lungs of a Bengal tiger in a zoo. Initially, it was simply a zoological curiosity rather than a recognized human pathogen.
Parasitic Food-Borne Zoonoses
Cerebral paragonimiasis is a neurological manifestation of infection by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus, most commonly Paragonimus westermani.
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