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Experimental infection of Paragonimus iloktsuenensis to albino rats, dogs and cats
S H Lee,K H Koo,J Y Chai,S T Hong and W M Sohn*
Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-460, Korea.
*Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Pusan 614-112, Korea.
Abstract
This study was performed to observe the susceptibility of dogs and cats as definitive hosts of Paragonimus iloktsuenensis. The metacercariae of this fluke were obtained from Sesarma dehaani collected at a focus near the mouth of Sumjin river in November, 1986 and February, 1987. The larvae isolated from the crabs were introduced per os into 7 albino rats, 2 dogs and 3 cats. The adults were recovered from the experimental animals, and they were morphologically observed and measured. The results were as follows: 1. The recovery rate of adult worms at 42 days after infection was 53.3% from three albino rats, 21.0% from a dog and 12.7% from two cats. Most of the worms were recovered from the worm capsules in the lungs. 2. The size of worms recovered from albino rats, a dog, and cats 42 days after infection averaged 6.3 × 3.2 mm, 6.3 × 3.0 mm, or 6.2 × 3.5 mm, respectively. There were little differences in the morphology of worms by different experimental animals. 3. The size of eggs from a dog was 88.9 × 49.3 µm, and that from cats was 84.3 × 53.7 µm on average. Dogs and cats were good definitive hosts of P. iloktsuenensis. This fact suggests that human infection by this fluke may be possible if the metacercariae were ingested.
Figures
Figs. 1-4 Fig. 1. Cat lungs infected with P. iloktsuenensis and showing worm capsules (arrow heads). Scale unit: 1mm.
Fig. 2. Ventral view of P. iloktsuenensis recovered from an experimental cat, 42 days after infection.
Fig. 3. Dorsal view of P. iloktsuenensis recovered from an experimental dog, 42 days after infection.
Fig. 4. An egg of P. iloktsuenensis collected from an experimental cat.
Tables
Table 1 The recovery rate of P. iloktsuenensis from experimentally infected animals
Table 2 The recovery rate of P. iloktsuenensis from each recovery site of animals
Table 3 Measurements of P. iloktsuenensis recovered from experimental animals 6 weeks after infection
Table 4 Measurements of the eggs of P. iloktsuenensis by authors
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