Metacercariae of Echinostoma cinetorchis encysted in the fresh water snail, Hippeutis(Helicorbis) cantori, and their development in rats and mice.
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.
Lee
Soon Hyung
SH
Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Lee
Joon Ky
JK
Sohn
Woon Mok
WM
Hong
Sung Tae
ST
Hong
Sung Jong
SJ
Chai
Jong Yil
JY