[Preliminary investigation on Paragonimus in Lvchun county of Yunnan province].
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.
Yang
Bin-Bin
BB
Department of Parasitology, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650031, China.
Zhou
Ben-Jiang
BJ
Li
Ru-Qing
RQ
Bai
Zhong-Wen
ZW
Wu
Ou-Bao
OB
Gao
Xiu-Fang
XF
D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000469:parasitology*; D002681:China; D010238:Paragonimus / Q000302:isolation & purification*