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A 20-year-old university student has elevated temperature and enlarged tender liver. He spends his summer vacation in his home village. He reports hiking in the agricultural land where he eats unwashed raw vegetables planted by the side of the village canal. Upper endoscopy is requested, and it reveals a flat unsegmented parasitic stage in the common bile duct.
Which is the most likely infective stage in this case ?