Abstract
The infection status of zoonotic trematode metacercariae (ZTM) was surveyed in freshwater fishes from the water systems of Geum-gang (River) in the Republic of Korea (Korea). A total of 1,161 freshwater fishes from 6 local sites of Geum-gang were examined with the artificial digestion method for 4 years (2012–2015). Clonorchis sinensis metacercariae were detected in 122 (37.2%) out of 328 fishes in the positive fish species from 4 surveyed areas, and their mean intensity was 43 per fish infected. Metagonimus spp. metacercariae were found in 432 (51.7%) out of 835 fishes in the positive fish species from all 6 surveyed areas, and their mean intensity was 30 per fish infected. Centrocestus armatus metacercariae were detected in 285 (75.0%) out of 380 fishes in the positive fish species from 6 surveyed areas, and their mean intensity was 2,100 per fish infected. Echinostoma spp. metacercariae were found in 56 (19.7%) out of 284 fishes in the positive fish species from 5 surveyed areas, and their mean intensity was 10 per fish infected. Clinostomum complanatum metacercariae were detected in 98 (57.3%) out of 171 fishes in the positive fish species from only 2 surveyed areas, and their mean intensity was 11 per fish infected. Conclusively, the endemicity of ZTM is not so high in fishes from water systems of Geum-gang in Korea although it is more or less different by fish species, surveyed areas and ZTM species.
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Key words: Zoonotic trematode metacercaria, Clonorchis sinensis, Metagonimus spp., Centrocestus armatus, Echinostoma spp., Clinostomum complanatum, Geum-gang
INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, fishborne zoonotic trematodes (FZT) including
Clonorchis sinensis are the most important helminth group in the Republic of Korea (Korea) [
1]. A team of Korean CDCP (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has performed the control project for zoonotic trematode infections in some endemic areas, especially, riverside areas of 7 major rivers, i.e., Han-gang (gang means river), Geum-gang, Mangyeong-gang, Yeongsan-gang, Tamjin-gang, Seomjin-gang and Nakdong-gang, in Korea [
2–
5]. The co-working groups of CDCP have also examined freshwater fishes, the infection sources of FZT, from the water systems of major rivers in Korea to reveal the infection status of zoonotic trematode metacercariae (ZTM) [
6–
13].
Many Korean workers have performed epidemiological surveys on the infection status of ZTM in freshwater fishes, the human infection sources, from a variety of ecological environments, i.e., river, stream, lake, pond and swamp, to estimate the endemicities of ZTM [
6–
14]. Especially, Cho et al. [
6] investigated the infection status of
C. sinensis metacercariae (CsMc) in freshwater fish from 3 wide regions, which were tentatively divided by the latitudinal levels of the Korean peninsula. Cho et al. [
7] also surveyed on the infection status of ZTM in freshwater fish from Gangwon-do (do=Province), Korea. Sohn et al. [
8] investigated the infection status of digenetic trematode metacercariae (DTM) including
C. sinensis in freshwater fish from the water systems of Hantan-gang and Imjin-gang in northern regions of Korea. Sohn et al. [
9] and Yoon et al. [
10] reported the infection status of CsMc in freshwater fishes from the water systems of Seomjin-gang and Tamjin-gang. Sohn et al. [
11,
12] also reported the infection status of CsMc in freshwater fish from 2 highly endemic sites, Wi-cheon (cheon means stream) and Yang-cheon (branch streams of Nakdong-gang), in Gunwi-gun (gun=county), Gyeongsangbuk-do and Sancheong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea. Recently, Sohn and Na [
14] described the infection status of DTM in freshwater fishes from 2 visiting sites, Junam-jeosuji (jeosuji means reservoir) and Woopo-neup (neup means swamp), of migratory birds in Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea. Sohn et al. [
13] also reported the infection status with DTM in fishes from coastal lakes in Gangwon-do, Korea.
Geum-gang is one of the major rivers in Korea, which originates in Jangsu-gun, Jeollabuk-do. It flows northward through Jeollabuk-do and Chungcheongbuk-do and then changes direction in the vicinity of Daejeon Metropolitan City, and flows southwest through Chungcheongnam-do and reaches the Yellow Sea near Gunsan-si, (si=city) Jeollabuk-do. This river has many tributary streams including Yugu-cheon and Nonsan-cheon [
15]. On the other hand, several epidemiological studies have been performed to investigate the infection status of zoonotic trematodes, i.e.,
C. sinensis and
Metagonimus spp., in the riverside areas of Geum-gang [
16–
21]. However, studies on the infections of ZTM in fish hosts were not enough. Kim [
16] and Kim et al. [
17] studied on the epidemiological and biological characteristics of
Metagonimus sp. fluke, which was prevalent in the adjacent areas of Geum-gang at 1980’s. Recently, Choe et al. [
21] surveyed the infection status of DTM in 2 exotic fish species,
Micropterus salmoides and
Lepomis macrochirus, and some species of freshwater fish from 2 sites of Geum-gang in Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. The large-scale survey on the infection status with ZTM in a variety of fish species has not been conducted yet in the areas of Geum-gang. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the infection status of ZTM in freshwater fishes from 6 sites of Geum-gang in Jeollabuk-do and Chungcheongnam-do for 4 years (2012–2015).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Fish collection sites
We collected total 1,161 freshwater fishes in 6 local sites of Geum-gang, i.e., Juja-cheon (Latitude: 35.980225; Longitude: 127.393880) in Jinahn-gun, Geum-gang (35.975291; 127.556624) in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Geum-gang (36.114265; 127.587748) in Geumsan-gun, Yugu-cheon (36.537272; 126.948474) in Gongju-si, Ji-cheon (36.389576; 126.851738) in Cheongyang-gun, Nonsan-cheon (36.199058; 127.067899) in Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, for 4 years (2012–2015) (
Fig. 1).
Total 208 freshwater fish (18 species) from Juja-cheon in Jinahn-gun, Jeollabuk-do were examined in 2012. Species of fish examined (No. of fish) were Zacco platypus (40), Zacco temminckii (40), Pungtungia herzi (25), Hemibarbus longirostris (22), Odontobutis platycephala (22), Squalidus gracilis majimae (16), Pseudogobio esocinus (10), Iksookimia longicorpus (8), Acheilognathus koreensis (7), Microphysogobio koeensis (5), Iksookimia hugowolfeldi (3), Liobagrus obesus (2), Silurus asotus (2), Pseudobagrus koreanus (2), Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (1), Pseudopungtungia nigra (1), Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (1), Carassius auratus (1). In Geum-gang in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, a total of 123 fishes (14 spp.) were examined in 2012. Species of fish examined (No. of fish) were P. herzi (35), P. koreanus (25), Coreoperca herzi (20), Z. temminckii (11), P. esocinus (10), Pseudobagrus brevicorpus (10), H. longirostris (4), Sarcocheilichthys variegatus wakiyae (2), Acheilognathus lanceolatus (1), P. nigra (1), O. platycephala (1), C. auratus (1), Pseudobagrus fulvidraco (1), Siniperca scherzeri (1).
Total 386 freshwater fish (22 species) from Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun were examined for 3 years (2013-–015). Species of fish examined (No. of fish) were P. esocinus (76), H. longirostris (67), Z. platypus (38), C. herzi (38), Z. temminckii (33), O. platycephala (23), C. auratus (20), P. herzi (15), Acheilognathus yamatsutae (11), Liobagrus mediadiposalis (10), Acheilognathus majusculus (10), Squalidus japonicus coreanus (10), Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis morii (8), S. scherzeri (7), Coreoleuciscus splendidus (5), S. variegatus wakiyae (4), Opsariichthys uncirostris amurensis (4), Hemibarbus labeo (3), Micropterus salmoides (1), S. gracilis majimae (1), Acanthorhodeus gracilis (1), Abbottina springeri (1). In the Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si, a total of 311 fishes (14 spp.) were examined in 2013 and 2015. Species of fish examined (No. of fish) were A. lanceolatus (72), Z. platypus (59), H. longirostris (32), P. esocinus (28), P. herzi (22), A. yamatsutae (20), O. uncirostris amurensis (18), C. auratus (17), Acheilognathus rhombeus (15), O. platycephala (10), A. springeri (7), S. variegatus wakiyae (5), H. labeo (5), S. gracilis majimae (1).
Total 89 freshwater fish (13 spp.) from Ji-cheon in Cheongyang-gun were examined in 2014. Species of fish examined (No. of fish) were Z. temminckii (29), H. longirostris (13), P. esocinus (11), S. scherzeri (11), A. koreensis (10), Z. platypus (4), P. herzi (3), C. auratus (3), S. nigripinnis morii (1), O. platycephala (1), Iksookimia koreensis (1), P. koreanus (1), P. fulvidraco (1). In the Nonsan-cheon in Nonsan-si, a total of 44 fishes (11 spp.) were examined in 2013. Species of fish examined (No. of fish) were Lepomis macrochirus (10), C. auratus (10), O. uncirostris amurensis (7), Hemiculter eigenmanni (6), S. scherzeri (3), Pseudorasbora parva (2), M. salmoides (2), P. herzi (1), Hemiculter leucisculus (1), S. variegatus wakiyae (1), P. esocinus (1).
Method of fish examination
All collected fishes with ice were transferred to the laboratory of Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. Their length and weight were individually measured and identified the fish species [
22]. Individual fish was finely ground in a mortar with pestle, the ground fish meat was mixed with artificial gastric juice, and the mixture was incubated at 36°C for about 2 hr. The digested material was filtered with 1×1 mm
2 of mesh, and washed with 0.85% saline until the supernatant became clear. The sediment was carefully examined under a stereomicroscope. The metacercariae of each species (only ZTM) were separately collected viewing from the general feature, and were counted to get hold of the prevalence (%) and intensity of infection (No. of ZTM per fish infected) by fish species [
23,
24].
RESULTS
The metacercariae of
C. sinensis were detected in 122 (37.2%) out of 328 fishes in the positive fish species from 4 surveyed areas, i.e., Geum-gang in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, and Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun, Ji-chen in Cheongyang-gun and Nonsan-cheon in Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do. Their mean intensity of infection was 43 per fish infected. Especially, in striped shiner,
P. herzi, from Geum-gang in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do and in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, the prevalences were 97.1% and 100%, and the mean intensity of infection was 95 and 98 per fish infected. The infection status by the fish species and surveyed areas was shown in
Table 1 in detail.
The metacercariae of
Metagonimus spp. were found in 432 (51.7%) out of 835 fishes in the positive fish species from 6 surveyed areas, and their mean intensity of infection was 30 per fish infected. Especially, in goby minnow,
Pseudogobio esocinus, from Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, the prevalence was 98.7% and the mean intensity of infection was 86 per fish infected. The infection status by the fish species and surveyed areas was designated in
Table 2 in detail.
The metacercariae of
Centrocestus armatus were detected in 285 (75.0%) out of 380 fishes in the positive fish species from 6 surveyed areas, and their mean intensity of infection was 2,100 per fish infected. Especially, in pale chub,
Zacco platypus, from Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si, and Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, the prevalences were 100% in each and the mean intensity of infection were more than 7,000 and 3,300 per fish infected. The infection status by the fish species and surveyed areas was revealed in
Table 3 in detail.
The metacercariae of
Echinostoma spp. were detected in 56 (19.7%) out of 284 fishes in the positive fish species from 5 surveyed areas, and their mean intensity of infection was 10 per fish infected. Especially, in Korean dark sleeper,
O. platycephala, from Yugu-cheon, the prevalence was 100% and the mean intensity of infection was 48 per fish infected. The infection status by the fish species and surveyed areas was shown in
Table 4 in detail.
The metacercariae of
Clinostomum complanatum were detected in 98 (57.3%) out of 171 fishes in the positive fish species from only 2 surveyed areas, i.e., Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun and Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do. Their mean intensity of infection was 11 per fish infected. Especially, in Korean stripted bitterling,
Acheilognathus yamatsutae, from Yugu-cheon, the prevalence was 95.0% and the mean intensity of infection was 18 per fish infected. The infection status by the fish species and surveyed areas was designated in
Table 5 in detail.
DISCUSSION
In the present study, more than 5 species of ZTM, i.e., C. sinensis, Metagonimus spp., C. armatus, Echinostoma spp. and C. complanatum, were detected in fishes from the water systems of Geum-gang, but their endemicities were not so high. The metacercariae of C. sinensis were found in fishes from 4 out of 6 survey regions, and their overall prevalence and intensity of infection were 37.2% and 43 per fish infected in positive fish species. Metagonimus spp. metacercariae were detected in 51.7% fishes in positive fish species from 6 all survey regions, but their mean intensity was about 30 per fish infected. The metacercariae of C. armatus were found in fishes from all 6 survey regions, and they were heavily infected in pale chubs, Z. platypus, from Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si and Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. Echinostoma spp. metacercariae were detected in 19.7% fishes in positive fish species from 5 survey regions, and their mean intensity was about 10 per fish infected. However, the Korean dark sleepers, O. platycephala, from Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si were revealed 100% prevalence and about 48 metacercarial intensity. The metacercariae of C. complanatum were found in fishes from only 2 survey regions, Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si and Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. Especially, their endemicity was relatively high in fishes from Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do.
The fish collection is one of the important factors in the metacercarial surveys for the trematode epidemiology. Total 1,161 fishes in 41 species from 6 survey regions in the water systems of Geum-gang were examined in this study. The amount of fish samples was considerably different by the survey regions from 44 fishes in 11 species (Nonsan-cheon in Nonsan-si) to 386 fishes in 22 species (Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun). Furthermore, 28 (68.3%) fish species were examined with below 20 in numbers, and the fish species examined with over 50 fish individuals was only 9 (22.0%) species, i.e., Z. platypus (n=141), H. longirostris (138), P. esocinus (136), Z. temminckii (113), P. herzi (101), A. lanceolatus (73), C. herzi (58), O. platycephala (57), and C. auratus (52). Accordingly, there are some differences in the fish collection by the survey regions and fish species in this study. These differences are unable to compare the infection status of ZTM by the survey regions in this study and previous studies. However, this study is able to reveal the general trends on the ZTM infections in fishes from the water systems of Geum-gang.
It has been known that the infection status of CsMc is showed a certain tendency in positive fish species from endemic sites, Wi-cheon in Gunwi-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do and Yang-cheon in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, according to the subfamily groups, i.e., Gobioninae, Acheilognathinae and Rasborinae, in the Cyprinidae fish hosts [
11,
12]. In this study, 30 (73.2%) fish species were the members of order Cypriniformes, and 26 (86.7%) out of 30 species were belonging to the family Cyprinidae (13 species in Gobioninae, 6 species in Acheilognathinae, 3 species in Rasborinae, 2 species in Cultrinae, 1 species in Leuciscinae and 1 species in Cyprininae) [
22]. Among total 893 fish in family Cyprinidae, 454 (50.8%) ones were the members of Gobioninae, 147 (16.5%) were those of Acheilognathinae, 283 (31.7%) were those of Rasborinae, and 9 (1.0%) ones were those of other 3 subfamilies. A total of 122 (37.2%) out of 328 fish in 14 species, i.e.,
P. herzi,
S. variegatus,
S. nigripinnis,
S. japonicus coreanus,
S gracilis majimae,
P. parva,
P. esocinus,
H. longirostris,
H. eigenmanni,
C. splendidus,
A. yamatsutae,
Z. platypus,
O. uncirostris and
S. scherzeri, were infected with CsMc, and 119 (98.5%) fish in 13 (92.9%) species were the members of Cyprinidae. They all had been listed as the second intermediate hosts of
C. sinensis in Korea [
23,
24]. On the other hand, the striped shinner,
P. herzi, is to be known as an index fish species to check the endemicity of CsMc. Because of this fish species broadly lives in the water systems of Korea and is highly susceptible to CsMc. In this study, 52 (98.1%) out of 53
P. herzi (35 fish from Geum-gang in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 15 ones from Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun and 3 ones from Ji-cheon in Cheongyang-gun, Chungcheongnam-do) were infected with 93.5 CsMc per fish infected, whereas 48 (25 fish from Juja-cheon in Jinahn-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 22 ones from Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si and only one from Nonsan-cheon in Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do) out of 101
P. herzi examined were negative with CsMc. The endemicities with CsMc were very low in other 13 fish species. Therefore, the infection tendency with CsMc could not show by the subfamily groups in the Cyprinidae fish hosts in this study.
The river basin of Geum-gang was known as the endemic area of metagonimiasis as well as clonorchiasis [
16–
20]. It was also known that metagonimiasis is caused by
M. miyatai and the main infection sources of this endemic disease are chubs,
Z. platypus and
Z. temminckii, in this region [
16–
18]. In this study, the endemicity of
Metagonimus spp. metacercariae was not so high in 2 chub fish species. Prevalences were about 71% (100/141
Z. platypus examined) and 68% (77/113
Z. temminckii examined), but infection intensities were about 31 and 6 per fish infected. High prevalence and low burden with
Metagonims spp. metacercariae in chubs like in this study were also shown in most of rivers and streams in Gangwon-do. However, chubs from Joyang-gang (Jeongseon-gun) and Hantan-gang (Cheorwon-gun) revealed somewhat higher emdemicities for
Metagonims spp. metacercariae [
7,
8].
The chub fish species,
Z. platypus,
Z. koreanus and
Z. temminckii, are known to be the susceptible fish hosts for
C. armatus metacercariae (CaMc) in Korea [
23–
25]. In this study, the high endemicities with CaMc were shown in
Z. platypus from Geum-gang (100% prevalence and over 3,300 CaMc intensity) in Geumsan-gun and Yugu-cheon (100% prevalence and over 7,000 CaMc intensity) in Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do. In a nation-wide survey of CaMc [
25], the prevalences were very high, 93.7–100% (av. 97.1%), in chub fish species,
Zacco spp., from all surveyed sites. However, their infection intensities were more or less different by the surveyed areas and fish species. They were most high in Nakdong-gang in Gyeongsangnam-do (av., 4,201), and followed by Geum-gang (2,343), Nakdong-gang in Gyeongsangbuk-do (1,623), Han-gang (1,564), Tamjin-gang (1,550), Yeongsan-gang (1,493), streams in the east coast (1,028), Seomjin-gang (488) and Mangyeong-gang and Dongjin-gang (170). And then they were slightly higher in
Z. platypus (av. 2,109) than in
Z. temminckii (1,567) [
25].
Infection status of
Echinostoma spp. metacercariae (EsMc) was not so high in freshwater fish from Geum-gang in this study. However, it (100% prevalence and about 48 EsMc intensity) was relatively high in Korean dark sleeper,
O. platycephala, from Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do. Ahn et al. [
26] detected a total of 32
Echinostoma hortense (=
Isthmiophora hortensis) metacercariae (IhMc) in 10 (27.8%) out of 36 dark sleepers,
O. interrupta, from Seom-gang in Wonseong-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea. Ahn and Ryang [
27] found IhMc in 4 (22.2%) out of 18 dark sleepers from Namhan-gang in Gyeoggi-do and Gangwon-do. Lee et al. [
28] detected IhMc in only 1 (2.3%) out of 44
O. interrupta from Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. Ryang [
29] detected IhMc in 11 (20.3%) out of 54 dark sleepers from Chungju-ho (ho means lake) and the upper streams of Namhan-gang. Sohn et al. [
8] reported relatively high prevalence (96.7%) and infection intensity (22 IhMc per fish infected) in 30
O. platycephala from Munsan-cheon in Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do. Recently, Sohn et al. [
30] broadly surveyed the infection status with IhMc in dark sleepers,
Odontobutis species, from some water systems of Korea. Infection status of IhMc in dark sleepers from Yugu-cheon was already included in Sohn et al. [
30], and it was much higher than the findings of other previous studies [
26–
29].
In this study,
C. complanatum metacercariae (CcMc) were detected in fishes from only 2 survey sites, Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun and Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do. Overall prevalences in fishes from 2 sites were 36.8% and 59.9% in positive fish species, and intensities of infection were 1.1 and 12.1 per fish infected. Especially, in 2 species of bitterling,
Acheilognathus lanceolatus and
A. yamatsutae, from Yugu-cheon, prevalences were 86.1% and 95.0%, and intensities of infection were 11 and 18 per fish infected. Recently, Sohn et al. [
31] broadly surveyed the infection status with CcMc in fishes from water systems of Nakdong-gang in Korea. In Sohn et al. [
31], the infection tendency with CcMc was showed by the fish groups in fishes from Yang-cheon in Sancheong-gun Gyeongsangnam-do. The prevalence was most high in
Squalidus spp. (97.7%) and followed by acheilognathinid fish (66.8%),
P. herzi (52.0%), rasborinid fish (39.6%) and
Hemibarbus spp. (25.9%). The intensity of infection was also most high in
Squalidus spp. (av. 27 per fish infected) and followed by acheilognathinid fish (9),
P. herzi (7), rasborinid fish (4), and
Hemibarbus spp. (3). By the present study, 2 species of bitterling,
A. lanceolatus and
A. yamatsutae, from Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si, are to be heavily infected with CcMc as the members of acheilognathinid fish.
Conclusively, more than 5 species, i.e., C. sinensis, Metagonimus spp., C. armatus, Echinostoma spp. and C. complanatum, of ZTM were found in fishes from the water systems of Geum-gang in this study, but their overall endemicities were not so high. The endemicity of ZTM was variable and more or less different by the survey sites and fish species. The metacercariae of C. sinensis were relatively endemic in striped shiner, P. herzi, from Geum-gang in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do and in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. The metacercariae of C. armatus were highly endemic in pale chub, Z. platypus, from Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si, and Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do. Echinostome metacercariae were prevalent in Korean dark sleeper, O. platycephala, from Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si. The metacercariae of C. complanatum were relatively endemic in 2 species of bitterling, A. lanceolatus and A. yamatsutae, from Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do.
Notes
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have no conflicts of interest concerning the work reported in this paper.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This study was supported by an Anti-Communicable Diseases Control Program, 2013 (Studies on the biological resources of human infecting trematodes and their larval infections in intermediate hosts), 2014 (Investigation of fishborne parasites and acquisition of their biological resources in the southern regions of Korea), and 2015 (Investigation of fishborne parasites and acquisition of their biological resources in the eastern regions of Korea) of National Research Institute of Health (NRIH), Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDCP). We thank Jung-A Kim and Hee-Ju Kim, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea, for their help in fish examinations.
Fig. 1The surveyed areas in the water systems of Geum-gang (River) in Jeollabuk-do and Chungcheongnam-do, Korea: ① Juja-cheon in Jinahn-gun, ② Geum-gang in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, ③ Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun, ④ Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si, ⑤ Ji-cheon in Cheongyang-gun, ⑥ Nonsan-cheon in Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea.
Table 1Infection status of Clonorchis sinensis metacercariae (CsMc) in freshwater fish from Geum-gang in Jeollabuk-do and Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
Table 1
|
Locality and fish sp. |
No. of fish examined |
No. (%) of fish infected |
No. of CsMc detected |
|
|
Range |
Average |
|
Geum-gang in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
35 |
34 (97.1) |
1–141 |
95.2 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus
|
2 |
2 (100) |
6–11 |
8.5 |
|
Siniperca scherzeri
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
2.0 |
|
Subtotal |
38 |
37 (97.4) |
1–141 |
88.0 |
|
|
Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
76 |
4 (5.3) |
1–2 |
1.3 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
67 |
19 (28.4) |
1–2 |
1.2 |
|
Zacco platypus
|
38 |
2 (5.3) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
15 |
15 (100) |
3–924 |
98.1 |
|
Acheilognathus yamatsutae
|
11 |
2 (18.2) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Squalidus japonicus coreanus
|
10 |
8 (80.0) |
1–15 |
4.6 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis
|
8 |
7 (87.5) |
1–69 |
14.4 |
|
Coreoleuciscus splendidus
|
5 |
2 (40.0) |
1–6 |
3.5 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus
|
4 |
4 (100) |
2–22 |
13.5 |
|
Squalidus gracilis majimae
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
28.0 |
|
Subtotal |
235 |
64 (27.2) |
1–924 |
27.0 |
|
|
Ji-cheon in Cheongyang-gun |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
13 |
7 (53.9) |
1–3 |
1.9 |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
11 |
1 (9.1) |
- |
3.0 |
|
Siniperca scherzeri
|
11 |
2 (18.2) |
1–2 |
1.5 |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
3 |
3 (100) |
8–81 |
50.7 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
63.0 |
|
Subtotal |
39 |
14 (35.9) |
1–81 |
16.7 |
|
|
Nonsan-cheon in Nonsan-si |
|
Opsariichthys uncirostris
|
7 |
1 (14.3) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Hemiculter eigenmanni
|
6 |
4 (66.7) |
1–3 |
2.0 |
|
Pseudorasbora parva
|
2 |
1 (50.0) |
- |
2.0 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Subtotal |
16 |
7 (43.8) |
1–3 |
1.7 |
|
|
Total |
328 |
122 (37.2) |
1–924 |
42.9 |
Table 2Infection status of Metagonimus spp. metacercariae (MsMc) in freshwater fish from Geum-gang in Jeollabuk-do and Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
Table 2
|
Locality and fish sp. |
No. of fish examined |
No. (%) of fish infected |
No. of MsMc detected |
|
|
Range |
Average |
|
Juja-cheon in Jinahn-gun, Jeollabuk-do |
|
Zacco platypus
|
40 |
22 (55.0) |
1–25 |
6.0 |
|
Zacco temminckii
|
40 |
33 (82.5) |
1–16 |
3.9 |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
25 |
4 (16.0) |
1–2 |
1.3 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
22 |
4 (18.2) |
1–2 |
1.3 |
|
Squalidus gracilis majimae
|
16 |
3 (18.8) |
1–8 |
3.7 |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
10 |
1(10.0) |
- |
2.0 |
|
Microphysogobio koeensis
|
5 |
1 (20.0) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Subtotal |
158 |
68 (43.0) |
1–25 |
4.2 |
|
|
Geum-gang in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
35 |
2 (5.7) |
1–2 |
1.5 |
|
Zacco temminckii
|
11 |
3 (27.3) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
10 |
8 (80.0) |
1–10 |
3.5 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
4 |
2 (50.0) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Subtotal |
60 |
15 (25.0) |
1–10 |
2.4 |
|
|
Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
76 |
75 (98.7) |
1–457 |
85.7 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
67 |
66 (98.5) |
1–82 |
18.4 |
|
Zacco platypus
|
38 |
37 (97.4) |
7–275 |
74.3 |
|
Zacco temminckii
|
33 |
25 (75.8) |
1–53 |
10.0 |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
15 |
8 (53.3) |
1–3 |
1.8 |
|
Acheilognathus yamatsutae
|
11 |
7 (63.6) |
1–11 |
4.7 |
|
Acheilognathus majusculus
|
10 |
9 (90.0) |
3–23 |
7.1 |
|
Squalidus japonicus coreanus
|
10 |
4 (40.0) |
1–3 |
2.3 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis
|
8 |
3 (37.5) |
1–3 |
2.3 |
|
Opsariichthys uncirostris
|
4 |
4 (100) |
4–127 |
52.0 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus
|
4 |
2 (50.0) |
1–2 |
1.5 |
|
Acanthorhodeus gracilis
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
4.0 |
|
Subtotal |
277 |
241 (87.0) |
1–457 |
45.6 |
|
|
Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si |
|
Acheilognathus lanceolatus
|
72 |
1 (1.4) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Zacco platypus
|
59 |
37 (62.7) |
1–6 |
2.9 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
32 |
9 (28.1) |
1–14 |
3.3 |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
22 |
1 (4.6) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Acheilognathus yamatsutae
|
20 |
1 (5.0) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Opsariichthys uncirostris
|
18 |
1 (5.6) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Carassius auratus
|
17 |
1 (5.9) |
- |
9.0 |
|
Acheilognathus rhombeus
|
15 |
1 (6.7) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus
|
5 |
4 (80.0) |
1–6 |
2.5 |
|
Subtotal |
260 |
56 (21.5) |
1–14 |
2.9 |
|
|
Ji-cheon in Cheongyang-gun |
|
Zacco temminckii
|
29 |
16 (55.2) |
1–25 |
6.9 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
13 |
10 (76.9) |
9–332 |
4.1 |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
11 |
10 (90.9) |
3–150 |
36.3 |
|
Zacco platypus
|
4 |
4 (100) |
1–60 |
16.8 |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
3 |
2 (66.7) |
2–4 |
3.0 |
|
Carassius auratus
|
3 |
2 (66.7) |
5–10 |
7.5 |
|
Pseudobagrus koreanus
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
2.0 |
|
Subtotal |
65 |
46 (69.2) |
1–332 |
32.7 |
|
|
Nonsan-cheon in Nonsan-si |
|
Opsariichthys uncirostris
|
7 |
3 (42.9) |
2–13 |
6.3 |
|
Hemiculter eigenmanni
|
6 |
1 (16.7) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Pseudorasbora parva
|
2 |
2 (100) |
1–4 |
2.5 |
|
Subtotal |
15 |
6 (40.0) |
1–13 |
4.2 |
|
|
Total |
835 |
432 (51.7) |
1–457 |
30.1 |
Table 3Infection status of Centrocestus armatus metacercariae (CaMc) in freshwater fish from Geum-gang in Jeollabuk-do and Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
Table 3
|
Locality and fish sp. |
No. of fish examined |
No. (%) of fish infected |
No. of CaMc detected |
|
|
Range |
Average |
|
Juja-cheon in Jinahn-gun, Jeollabuk-do |
|
Zacco platypus
|
40 |
24 (60.0) |
1–1,823 |
206 |
|
Zacco temminckii
|
40 |
40 (100) |
26–1,336 |
246 |
|
Subtotal |
124 |
22 (17.7) |
1–13 |
2.2 |
|
|
Geum-gang in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do |
|
Zacco temminckii
|
11 |
11 (100) |
13–506 |
225 |
|
Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun |
|
Zacco platypus
|
38 |
38 (100) |
101–11,805 |
3,375 |
|
Zacco temminckii
|
33 |
33 (100) |
24–3,706 |
436 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
26 |
3 (11.5) |
1–2 |
1.3 |
|
Opsariichthys uncirostris
|
4 |
4 (100) |
12–562 |
255 |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
6 |
1 (16.7) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Acanthorhodeus gracilis
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
21.0 |
|
Subtotal |
124 |
22 (17.7) |
1–13 |
2.2 |
|
|
Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si |
|
Zacco platypus
|
59 |
59 (100) |
2,000–43,340 |
7,019 |
|
Acheilognathus lanceolatus
|
32 |
5 (15.6) |
1–49 |
12.0 |
|
Opsariichthys uncirostris
|
18 |
18 (100) |
182–5,240 |
871 |
|
Acheilognathus rhombeus
|
15 |
1 (6.7) |
- |
4.0 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
7 |
2 (28.6) |
1–2 |
1.5 |
|
Subtotal |
131 |
85 (64.9) |
1–43,340 |
5,057 |
|
|
Ji-cheon in Cheongyang-gun |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
11 |
2 (18.2) |
3–8 |
5.5 |
|
Zacco temminckii
|
29 |
29 (100) |
7–509 |
98.6 |
|
Acheilognathus koreensis
|
10 |
10 (100) |
27–456 |
192 |
|
Zacco platypus
|
4 |
4 (100) |
128–1,637 |
754 |
|
Subtotal |
43 |
43 (100) |
7–1,637 |
181 |
|
|
Nonsan-cheon in Nonsan-si |
|
Opsariichthys uncirostris
|
7 |
2 (28.6) |
1–2 |
1.5 |
|
|
Total |
331 |
206 (62.2) |
1–21,510 |
751 |
Table 4Infection status of Echinostoma spp. metacercariae (EsMc) in freshwater fish from Geum-gang in Jeollabuk-do and Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
Table 4
|
Locality and fish sp. |
No. of fish examined |
No. (%) of fish infected |
No. of EsMc detected |
|
|
Range |
Average |
|
Juja-cheon in Jinahn-gun, Jeollabuk-do |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
25 |
1 (4.0) |
- |
1.0 |
|
|
Geum-gang in Muju-gun, Jeollabuk-do |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
35 |
5 (14.3) |
1–2 |
1.2 |
|
|
Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
35 |
2 (5.7) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
26 |
3 (11.5) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Coreoperca herzi
|
23 |
1 (4.3) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Odontobutis platycephala
|
22 |
8 (36.4) |
1–13 |
3.5 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis
|
8 |
4 (50.0) |
1–4 |
2.5 |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
6 |
2 (33.3) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus
|
3 |
1 (33.3) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Acanthorhodeus gracilis
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Subtotal |
124 |
22 (17.7) |
1–13 |
2.2 |
|
|
Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si |
|
Acheilognathus lanceolatus
|
32 |
2 (6.3) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
22 |
9 (40.9) |
1–9 |
2.4 |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
20 |
4 (20.0) |
1–3 |
2.0 |
|
Odontobutis platycephala
|
10 |
10 (100) |
5–123 |
47.7 |
|
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus
|
5 |
1 (20.0) |
- |
3.0 |
|
Subtotal |
89 |
26 (29.2) |
3–8 |
5.5 |
|
|
Ji-cheon in Cheongyang-gun |
|
Pseudogobio esocinus
|
11 |
2 (18.2) |
3–8 |
5.5 |
|
|
Total |
331 |
206 (62.2) |
1–21,510 |
751 |
Table 5Infection status of Clinostomum complanatum metacercariae (CcMc) in freshwater fish from Geum-gang in Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
Table 5
|
Locality and fish sp. |
No. of fish examined |
No. (%) of fish infected |
No. of CcMc detected |
|
|
Range |
Average |
|
Geum-gang in Geumsan-gun |
|
Squalidus japonicus coreanus
|
5 |
2 (40.0) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Acheilognathus yamatsutae
|
7 |
3 (42.9) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
6 |
1 (16.7) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Hemibarbus labeo
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
2.0 |
|
Subtotal |
19 |
7 (36.8) |
1–2 |
1.1 |
|
|
Yugu-cheon in Gongju-si |
|
Acheilognathus lanceolatus
|
72 |
62 (86.1) |
1–64 |
1.3 |
|
Hemibarbus longirostris
|
32 |
2 (6.3) |
- |
2.0 |
|
Acheilognathus yamatsutae
|
20 |
19 (95.0) |
1–61 |
18.1 |
|
Pungtungia herzi
|
17 |
5 (29.4) |
1–18 |
4.6 |
|
Carassius auratus
|
10 |
2 (20.0) |
4–27 |
15.5 |
|
Squalidus gracilis majimae
|
1 |
1 (100) |
- |
1.0 |
|
Subtotal |
152 |
91 (59.9) |
1–64 |
12.1 |
|
|
Total |
171 |
98 (57.3) |
1–64 |
11.3 |
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