肺吸虫病是人畜共患的、由并殖吸虫寄生引起的一种疾病,该病原初由Diesing(1850)检自巴西的水獭,定名为Distoma rude。后有Westerman(1877)从荷兰动物园一只印度产的死虎肺脏获得此虫,经Kerbert(1878)研究认为新种D Westermani。至于人类肺吸虫,1879年Ringer首先发现于我国台湾～葡萄牙人(尸检)的肺部,翌年Manson(1880)报告福建省厦门从一位国人痰内检出与该虫相似的含盖虫 Paragonimiasis is a zoonotic disease caused by parasitic parasitism of paragonimiasis, initially diagnosed as Distoma rude by the Brazilian otter Diesing (1850). Later, Westerman (1877) obtained this pest from an Indian-born dead tiger lung in the Dutch zoo and the new species, D Westermani, was studied by Kerbert (1878). As for human paragonimiasis, Ringer was first found in the lungs of Taiwan, the Portuguese (autopsy), in 1879. Manson (1880) the following year reported that a man-made insect