Fishborne Trematode Metacercariae Detected in Freshwater Fish from Vientiane Municipality and Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR
- Authors
- Rim, Han-Jong; Sohn, Woon-Mok; Yong, Tai-Soon; Eom, Keeseon S.; Chai, Jong-Yil; Min, Duk-Young; Lee, Soon-Hyung; Hoang, Eui-Hyug; Phommasack, Bounlay; Insisengmay, Sithat
- Issue Date
- 12월-2008
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC PARASITOLOGY, SEOUL NATL UNIV COLL MEDI
- Keywords
- Opisthorchis viverrini; Haplorchis taichui; Haplorchis yokogawai; Centrocestus formosanus; fishborne trematode metacercariae; Vientiane Municipality; Savannakhet Province; Lao PDR
- Citation
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, v.46, no.4, pp.253 - 260
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
- Volume
- 46
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 253
- End Page
- 260
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/122293
- DOI
- 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.4.253
- ISSN
- 0023-4001
- Abstract
- Freshwater fish from Vientiane Municipality and Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR were examined by the muscle compression and artificial digestion methods to know the infection status with trematode metacercariae. In the fish from Savannakhet, 2 species of metacercariae, Opisthorchis viverrini and Haplorchis taichui, were detected. O. viverrini metacercariae were found in 6 species of fish, Puntius brevis, Hampala dispar, Esomus metallicus, Mystacoleucus marginatus, Puntioplites falcifer, and Cyclocheilichthys armatus. H. taichui metacercariae were detected in 3 species of fish, P. brevis, P. falcifer, and M. marginatus. In the fish from Vientiane, 4 species of metacercariae, O. viverrini, H. taichui, Haplorchis yokogawai, and Centrocestus formosanus, were detected. Among them, O. viverrini metacercariae were found in 7 species of fish, Onychostoma elongatum, C. armatus, H. dispar, P. brevis, Cyclocheilichthys repasson, Osteochilus hasseltii, and Hypsibarbus lagleri. The metacercariae of H. taichui were detected in 6 species of fish, C. repasson, O. elongatum, C. armatus, H. dispar, Labiobarbus leptocheila, and Cirrhinus molitorella. The metacercariae of H. yokogawai were found in 9 species of fish, C. repasson, O. elongatum, C. armatus, H. dispar, Labiobarbus leptocheila, O. hasseltii. C. molitorella, Hypsibarbus wetmorei, and H. lagleri. The metacercariae of C. formosanus were detected in 4 species of fish, C. repasson, P. brevis, O. hasseltii, and C. molitorella. From these results, it is confirmed that fishborne trematode metacercariae, i.e. O. viverrini, H. taichui, H. yokogawai and C. formosanus, are prevalent in various species of freshwater fish from Savannakhet Province and Vientiane Municipality, Lao PDR.
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