Metacercariae of Echinostoma cinetorchis encysted in the fresh water snail, Hippeutis(Helicorbis) cantori, and their development in rats and mice.
10.3347/kjp.1988.26.3.189
- Author:
Soon Hyung LEE
1
;
Joon Ky LEE
;
Woon Mok SOHN
;
Sung Tae HONG
;
Sung Jong HONG
;
Jong Yil CHAI
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-460, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
parasitology-helminth-termatoda;
Echinostoma cinetorchis;
Hippeutis cantori;
metacercaria;
epidemiology;
development
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
1988;26(3):189-197
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The fresh water snail, Hippeutis(Helicorbis) cantori, caught from the rice paddies in Namyangju-gun, Gyeonggi-do, was found to be a new second intermediate host of E. cinetorchis in Korea. The metacercariae were found from 89(76.7 %) out of 116 snails examined and the average metacercarial burden was 4.7 per infected snails. Some developmental characteristics of E. cinetorchis were observed after experimental infection of the metacercariae to rats and mice.
