[Infection status of sweetfish from Kwangjung-stream and Namdae-stream in Yangyang-gun, Kangwon-do with the metacercariae of Metagonimus yokogawai].
This study was performed to observe the infection status of sweetfish, caught from Kwangjung-stream and Namdae-stream in Yangyang-gun, Kangwon-do in August 1989, with the metacercariae of Metagonimus yokogawai. All of 28 sweetfish from Kwangjung-stream were infected with the metacercariae of M. yokogawai. The number of metacercariae in a fish ranged 89-521(224 on average), and the number of larvae/g of flesh was 12 approximately 55 (22 on average). On the other hand, no metacercariae were detected in the fish from Namdae-stream. It has been confirmed that the Kwangjung-stream in Yangyang-gun, Kangwon-do is one of the endemic foci of metagonimiasis in Korea.
Sohn
W M
WM
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Pusan, Korea.
Hong
S T
ST
Chai
J Y
JY
Lee
S H
SH
D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D005618:Fresh Water; D006578:Heterophyidae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology