title: Metacercariae of Echinostoma cinetorchis encysted in the fresh water snail, Hippeutis(Helicorbis) cantori, and their development in rats and mice.
abstract: The fresh water snail, Hippeutis(Helicorbis) cantori, caught from the rice paddies in Namyangju-gun, Gyeonggi-do, was found to be a new second intermediate host of E. cinetorchis in Korea. The metacercariae were found from 89(76.7 %) out of 116 snails examined and the average metacercarial burden was 4.7 per infected snails. Some developmental characteristics of E. cinetorchis were observed after experimental infection of the metacercariae to rats and mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Soon Hyung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joon Ky
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Woon Mok
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Sung Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Sung Jong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Jong Yil
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chai