Korean J Parasitol.  1997 Sep;35(3):211-213. 10.3347/kjp.1997.35.3.211.

Susceptibility of some vertebrate hosts to infection with early third-stage larvae of Gnathostoma hispidum

• Sohn WM
• Lee SH

• KMID: 658274
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1997.35.3.211

Abstract

Susceptibility of some vertebrates was examined to the early third-stage larvae (EL3) of Gnathostoma hispidum. The larvae collected from the Chinese loaches were infected to 4 silk carps, 3 snake heads, 3 bullfrogs, 5 mice and 9 albino rats. No worms were detected in fish, silk carps and snake heads. In 3 bullfrogs fed 30 larvae, a total of 9 EL3 was recovered in the gastrointestinal tract (8 larvae) and liver (one). In 5 mice infected with 50 larvae, a total of 37 (74.0%) advanced third-stage larvae (AdL3) was recovered from the muscle (31 larvae), liver (5 larvae) and kidney at 4 weeks after infection. In 9 albino rats infected with 115 larvae, a total of 40 (34.8%) AdL3 was found in the muscle. The mammalian hosts were found susceptible to the EL3 of G. hispidum from Chinese loaches.

MeSH Terms

Animal
Carp/parasitology*
Cypriniformes/parasitology*
Disease Susceptibility
Gnathostoma/pathogenicity*
Gnathostoma/isolation & purification
Larva
Mice
Rana catesbeiana/parasitology*
Rats
Snakes/parasitology*