Kangwon-do with the metacercariae of Metagonimus yokogawai.
10.3347/kjp.1990.28.4.253
- Author:
Woon Mok SOHN
;
Sung Tae HONG
;
Jong Yil CHAI
;
Soon Hyung LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- MeSH:
English-Abstract;
Fish-Diseases-parasitology;
Heterophyidae-isolation-and-purification;
Korea-epidemiology;
Trematode-Infections-parasitology;
*Fish-Diseases-epidemiology;
*Fresh-Water;
*Heterophyidae-;
*Trematode-Infections-epidemiology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
1990;28(4):253-255
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This study was performed to observe the infection status of sweetfish, caught from Kwangjung-stream and Namdae-stream in Yangyang-gun, Kangwon-do in August 1989, with the metacercariae of Metagonimus yokogawai. All of 28 sweetfish from Kwangjung-stream were infected with the metacercariae of M. yokogawai. The number of metacercariae in a fish ranged 89-521(224 on average), and the number of larvae/g of flesh was 12 approximately 55 (22 on average). On the other hand, no metacercariae were detected in the fish from Namdae-stream. It has been confirmed that the Kwangjung-stream in Yangyang-gun, Kangwon-do is one of the endemic foci of metagonimiasis in Korea.
