A new second intermediat host of genus Paragonimus.
- Author:
Chin Thack SOH
1
;
Keun Tae LEE
;
Yung Kyum AHN
;
Yon Ho LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH: parasitology; helminth; trematoda; Paragonimus westermani; metacercaria; epidemiology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 1964;2(1):35-40
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Metacercariae were found from 6 samples among 4,382 Parlemon nipponensis which were caught at Podu, Kohung, Korea. The metacercaria was inclined as a larval stage of Paragonimus westermani by following reason: Semisulcospira libertina was the only one species which lives in Podu area. No other metacercaria except Paragonimus westermani were found from the craw or cray fish which were caught in the endemic aera. Metacercariae, ovary, testes and cuticular spines resmbled the characteristics of Paragonimus westermani, which have been described by previous workers.
