title: Infection status of pond smelts, Hypomesus olidus, and other freshwater fishes with trematode metacercariae in 6 large lakes.
abstract: In order to determine the current infection status of pond smelts, Hypomesus olidus, and other freshwater fishes with trematode metacercariae, a total of 4,861 pond smelts and 18 other freshwater fishes, collected from the Soyang and Uiam Lakes in Gangwon-do, the Unam Lake in Jeollabuk-do, the Jangseong Lake in Jeollanam-do, the Uirim-ji (lake) in Chungcheongbuk-do, and the Andong Lake in Gyeongsangbuk-do, were individually digested with 1% pepsin-HCl and examined under a dissecting microscope. In all pond smelts caught from the 6 lakes, we were unable to detect any known human infectious trematode metacercariae in Korea. However, in other freshwater fishes, such as, Squalidus japonicus coreanus (Unam Lake), and Zacco platypus (Jangseong Lake) and Opsariichthys uncirostris amurensis (Jangseong Lake), metacercariae of human-infecting trematodes, i.e., Clonorchis sinensis and Metagonimus sp. were detected, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Malaria and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Shin-Hyeong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Woon-Mok
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Sung-Shik
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Hyeon-Je
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Taek-Gyun
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Chang-Mi
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Yoon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Tong-Soo
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005618:Fresh Water; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D036441:Osmeriformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000662:veterinary*