title: [Preliminary investigation on Paragonimus in Lvchun county of Yunnan province].
abstract: 69 crabs were collected from Daxing, Gekui and Niukong townships of Lvchun county, Yunnan Province in 2006 and excysted metacercariae were only obtained from crabs of Niukong. The infection rate was 27.6% (8/29) with an average metacercaria number of 2.25 each crab. No encysted metacercariae were found. The excysted metacercariae were morphologically identified as Paragonimus proliferus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650031, China.
authors.forename: Bin-Bin
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ben-Jiang
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ru-Qing
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhong-Wen
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Ou-Bao
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiu-Fang
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000469:parasitology*; D002681:China; D010238:Paragonimus / Q000302:isolation & purification*