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KMID : 0425120170550030347
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2017 Volume.55 No. 3 p.347 ~ p.350
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Recent Incidence of Paragonimus westermani Metacercariae in Freshwater Crayfish, Cambaroides similis, from Two Enzootic Sites in Jeollanam-do, Korea
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Song Jin-Ho
Dai Fu Hong
Bai Xue Lian
Kim Tae-Im
Yang Hyun-Jong
Kim Tong-Soo
Cho Shin-Hyung
Hong Sung-Jong
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Abstract
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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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KEYWORD
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Paragonimus westermani, metacercaria, freshwater crayfish, Wando, Haenam
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