title: [Trematode Aspidogastrea found in Huaihe River].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the epidemic situation of trematode Aspidogastrea in the Huaihe River.
  
  
  METHODS
  The mussels in the Huaihe River were collected, numbered and dissected to detect the trematode; and the species of trematodes were identified after dyeing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Totally 79 mussels were collected, and the trematode Aspidogastrea were found from 23 mussels with the infection rate of 29.11%; 209 trematode Aspidogastrea were collected and the average infectiosity of mussels was 9.09.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Trematode Aspidogastrea is endemic in the Huaihe River and the species is Aspidogaster sp.
authors.forename: Chao-pin
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-xia
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000469:parasitology*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D045483:Rivers / Q000469:parasitology*; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*