title: Echinostoma macrorchis in Lao PDR: metacercariae in Cipangopaludina snails and adults from experimentally infected animals.
abstract: The echinostome metacercariae encysted in Cipangopaludina sp. snails that were purchased from a market in Vientiane Municipality, Lao PDR, were identified as Echinostoma macrorchis (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) through recovery of adult flukes after experimental infection to rats and a cat. The metacercariae were round, 113-128 (121)×113-125 (120) µm, having a thick cyst wall, a head collar armed with collar spines, and excretory granules. The adult flukes recovered from the rats and cat at day 14 and 30 post-infection, respectively, were elongated, ventrally curved, and 3.9-6.3×0.7-1.1 mm in size. The head collar was distinct, bearing 43-45 collar spines with 5 angle spines on each side. Two testes were large (as the name implies), tandem, and slightly constricted at the middle, with irregular margins. Eggs were operculated, ovoid to elliptical, and 88-95×56-60 µm. In scanning electron microscopy, the head collar was prominent, with 43-45 collar spines. Scale-like tegumental spines were densely distributed on the ventral surface between the oral and ventral suckers. Sensory papillae were distributed mainly on the tegument around the 2 suckers. It is confirmed that E. macrorchis is distributed in Lao PDR using Cipangopaludina sp. snails as the second intermediate host.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.
authors.forename: Woon-Mok
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Jong-Yil
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Byoung-Kuk
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Tai-Soon
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Keeseon S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Eom
authors.forename: Hansol
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Duk-Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Han-Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rim
mesh_terms: D032761:Animal Experimentation; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001699:Biometry; D002415:Cats; D004449:Echinostoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007812:Laos; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology*
keywords: Echinostoma macrorchis; Lao PDR; Vientiane; adult; cat; metacercaria; rat; snail