title: Indochinamon ou (Crustacea: Potamidae) as a new second intermediate host for Paragonimus harinasutai in Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR.
abstract: Paragonimus harinasutai metacercariae were found in a species of freshwater crab, Indochinamon ou, collected in a small stream of Namback District, Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR. Adult flukes were recovered after experimental infection of the metacercariae to dogs. Metacercariae were round or slightly elliptical, 0.666 x 0.626 mm in average size, and had a thin cyst wall of about 20 microm in thickness, a black excretory bladder, convoluted ceca, and some pinkish materials in the body. Adults were somewhat elongated, 95.2 x 36.5 mm in average size, covered with single-tipped tegumental spines, had a smaller oral sucker than the ventral sucker, a moderately branched ovary, and 5-6 lobulated testes. Eggs were ovoid and bilaterally symmetrical in shape, 79 x 45 microm in average size, and had a uniformly thickened shell. By the present study, it has been confirmed that I. ou is a new second intermediate host for P. harinasutai.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
authors.forename: Woon-Mok
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Jae-Sook
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Duk-Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Hyun-Ouk
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Han-Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rim
authors.forename: Youthanavanh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Vonghachack
authors.forename: Daluny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bouakhasith
authors.forename: Virasack
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Banouvong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003445:Crustacea / Q000469:parasitology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007812:Laos; D008297:Male; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D010238:Paragonimus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012758:Shellfish / Q000469:parasitology*