Echinostoma revolutum: Metacercariae in Filopaludina Snails from Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam, and Adults from Experimental Hamsters.
10.3347/kjp.2011.49.4.449
- Author:
Jong Yil CHAI
1
;
Woon Mok SOHN
;
Byoung Kuk NA
;
Nguyen VAN DE
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea.
- Publication Type:Brief Communication ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Echinostoma revolutum;
Echinostoma jurini;
echinostome;
metacercaria;
Filopaludina snail;
Vietnam
- MeSH:
Animals;
Cricetinae;
Echinostoma/anatomy & histology/classification/growth & development/*isolation & purification;
Echinostomiasis/*parasitology;
Female;
Metacercariae/anatomy & histology/classification/growth & development/isolation & purification;
Snails/*parasitology;
Vietnam
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2011;49(4):449-455
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We detected metacercariae of Echinostoma revolutum in Filopaludina sp. snails purchased from a local market in Nam Dinh Province for the first time in Vietnam. Adult flukes were harvested from experimentally infected hamsters at days 14 and 17 post-infection. The metacercariae were round, 170-190 microm (n=15) in diameter, with a cyst wall thickness of about 12 microm. A total of 37 collar spines were arranged around the head collar, and large excretory granules were seen in 2 canals of the excretory bladder. The 14-day old adult flukes were elongated, ventrally curved, and 5.0-7.2x0.8-1.3 mm (n=20). The head collar had a total of 37 collar spines arranged in 2 alternating rows, including 5 corner spines on each side. The cirrus sac contained a saccular seminal vesicle, a prostatic gland, and an unarmed cirrus. Two tandem testes were smooth or slightly lobed. Eggs were ovoid to elliptical, 110-118x70-75 microm. These morphological characters were similar to those of E. revolutum and E. jurini. We tentatively identified it as E. revolutum because the validity of E. jurini remains to be elucidated. The taxonomic relationship of E. revolutum and E. jurini is discussed.
