title: [Susceptibilities of Oncomelania hupensis snails to Schistosoma japonicum miracidia from different hosts].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the susceptibilities of Oncomelania hupensis snails to Schistosoma japonicum miracidia from different hosts.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Schistosoma japonicum eggs from different hosts, such as rabbits, cattle and mice were collected. These eggs were incubated for miracidia, respectively. Each snail from the same site was exposed to 5 miracidia of Schistosoma japonicum from different hosts. The infected snails were fed in the laboratory for two months. Then all the snails were dissected and observed under the dissecting microscope in order to know the infection rate of snails.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the experiment group, the infection rates of snails infected with miracidia from rabbits, cattle and mice were 1.42%, 8.67% and 19.87%, respectively, the mortality rates were 29.5%, 13.5% and 24.5%, respectively. However, the infection rates of snails in the control group were 2.63%, 2.02% and 11.66%, respectively, and the mortality rates were 24.0%, 49.5% and 18.5%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The susceptibilities of Oncomelania snails to Schistosoma japonicum miracidia from 3 kinds of hosts are significantly different.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathogenic Biology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241000, China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Tian-Ping
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qi-Zhi
authors.initials: QZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Da-Bing
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Xiao-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhen-Li
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Feng-Feng
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Le-Sheng
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D058507:Host Specificity; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D051379:Mice; D011817:Rabbits; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*; D014774:Virulence