Studies on the lungfluke, Paragonimus iloktsuenensis IV A mathematical analysis on metacercarial density of Paragonimus iloktsuenensis in crab host, Sesarma dehaani

Original Article


Korean J Parasitol. 1975 Jun;13(1):31-37. English. Published online Mar 20, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1975.13.1.31
Copyright © 1975 by The Korean Society for Parasitology


Studies on the lungfluke, Paragonimus iloktsuenensis IV A mathematical analysis on metacercarial density of Paragonimus iloktsuenensis in crab host, Sesarma dehaani
Shin-Yong Kang,Seung-Yull Cho and Byong-Seol Seo
Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.


Abstract
Mathematical models such as the negative binomial, Poisson and Polya-Eggenberger distributions were applied to the observed data of the number of metacercariae of Paragonimus iloktsuenensis in crab hosts, Sesarma dehaani which were collected in Hadong, South Kyong-sang Do, Korea. From the above analysis, it was found that the pattern of density of metacercariae of this lungfluke among the crab hosts was well fitted to the negative binomial distribution, rather than to the Poisson or Polya-Eggenberger distribution.

Figures


	Fig. 1 Histograms showing the observed, Poisson and Polya-Eggenberger theoretical frequencies of the number of crabs.


	Fig. 2 Histograms showing the observed and negative binomial-theoretical frequencies of metacercaria(e) in crabs (Sesarma dehaani).

Tables


	Table 1 The observed, Poisson, Polya-Eggenberger and negative binomial theoretical frequencies

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