[Occurrence of Pagumogonimus veocularis in Fujian Province].
OBJECTIVE
To prove that Fujian Province is also a natural focus of Pagumogonimus veocularis(Pv).


METHODS
The adult worms were obtained from a cat fed with Pv metacercariae.


RESULTS
Pv were found in Jianou, Fujian Province. All 1,873 Semisulcospira libertina showed negative. The positive rate of Tricula fujianensis and Erhaia jianouenesis were 0.10% (1/695) and 0.25% (5/2,038), respectively. The main crab host was S. fujianensis. Ps alone and mixed infection with Pv were found in the Sinopotamon, the infection rates were 36.8% (43/117) and 20.5% (24/117), respectively. The numbers of the metacercariae were 806 and 40, respectively. A cat was infected with 12 metacercriae of Pv, eggs were found in the stool 56 days after infection, and 6 worms were found in the lungs 68 days after infection.


CONCLUSIONS
Fujian is one of the natural focus of Pv, cat is the adequate host. The fluke was identified as Pv according to the characteristics of the metacercariae.
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Institute of Parasitic Diseases of Fujian, Fuzhou 350001.
Chen
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Lin
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Lu
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Ye
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Wu
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D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000469:parasitology*; D002415:Cats; D002681:China; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D051381:Rats; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification*