Korean J Parasitol.
2017 Jun;55(3):347-350. 10.3347/kjp.2017.55.3.347.
Recent Incidence of Paragonimus westermani Metacercariae in Freshwater Crayfish, Cambaroides similis, from Two Enzootic Sites in Jeollanam-do, Korea
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- 1Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea.
- 2Department of Medical Environmental Biology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea. hongsj@cau.ac.kr
- 3Department of Parasitology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul 07985, Korea.
- 4Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.
- 5Division of Vector Analysis, National Institute of Health, Korea CDC, Osong Health Technology Administration, Osong 28159, Korea.
- KMID: 2387193
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2017.55.3.347
Abstract
- An epidemiological study was performed to know the recent infection status of Paragonimus westermani metacercariae (PwMc) in freshwater crayfish, Cambaroides similis, from 2 streams in Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea. Crayfish were collected from creeks in Bogil-do (Island), Wando-gun, and in a creek near Daeheung Temple in Haenam-gun. The infection rate of crayfish with PwMc in Bogil-do was 89.8%, and the metacercarial burden was 37 PwMc per the infected crayfish. Crayfish in a creek near Daeheung Temple were larger and twice heavier than those in Bogil-do. Of them, 96.5% were infected with PwMc. An average of 140 metacercariae was found in the infected crayfish, almost quadruple to those of Bogil-do. There was a strong correlation between the number of PwMc and body weight of the crayfish. These results suggest that P. westermani metacercariae are still prevalent in crayfish of the 2 regions in Jeollanam-do, Korea.
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