Keywords: Illustrated Life Cycle of Echinostoma.gif File Echinostomiasis Life Cycle no watermark gif image without watermarks en 1 Unembryonated Echinostoma eggs in the faeces of an infected host become embryonated in water 2 Larval development begins and miracidia hatch from the egg Miracidia penetrate an intermediate snail host 3 Asexual reproduction of the parasite occurs in the snail 4 Cercariae emerge from the snail and infect a second intermediate host 5 A definitive host such as a bird or human consumes an infected intermediate host 6 and becomes infected The parasite excysts in the intestine of the definitive host 7 and the adult worms mature in the small intestine 8 Global Health - Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC http //www cdc gov/dpdx/echinostomiasis/index html en Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PD-USGov-HHS-CDC PD-USGov-HHS-CDC PD-USGov Original upload log en wikipedia ftcg page en wikipedia Illustrated_Life_Cycle_of_Echinostoma gif wikitable - 10 02 26 March 2014 582 × 435 59 015 bytes Isabellelouise19 w en <nowiki> 1 Unembryonated Echinostoma eggs in the faeces of an infected host become embryonated in water 2 Larval development begins and miracidia hatch from the egg Miracidia penetrate an intermediate snail host 3 Asexual reproduction of the parasi </nowiki> Platyhelminthes life cycle Echinostomatidae |