Host specificity of Austropeplea ollula (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) to miracidial infection with a human intestinal fluke Neodiplostomum seoulense (Trematoda: Diplostomatidae) in Korea.
Three species of freshwater pulmonate snails of Lymnaeidae have been reported from Korea, Radix auricularia coreana, Austropeplea ollula, and Fossaria truncatula. Of these 3 species, only A. ollula was naturally infected with Neodiplostomum seoulense cercariae (prevalence, 0.3%). In experiments with the laboratory-reared snails, A. ollula was found to be susceptible to the N. seoulense miracidia (prevalence, 10%). This is the first report of A. ollula as the first molluscan intermediate host for N. seoulense in Korea.
Chung
P R
PR
Department of Parasitology, Inha University College of Medicine, Inchon, Korea. chungpr@inha.ac.kr
Jung
Y
Y
Park
Y K
YK
Hwang
M G
MG
D000818:Animals; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D007723:Korea; D007814:Larva / Q000469:parasitology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014200:Trematoda / Q000254:growth & development*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology*