Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in /home/virtual/lib/view_data.php on line 81

Warning: fopen(upload/ip_log/ip_log_2024-03.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/virtual/lib/view_data.php on line 83

Warning: fwrite() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /home/virtual/lib/view_data.php on line 84
Susceptibility of some vertebrate hosts to infection with early third-stage larvae of Gnathostoma hispidum
| Home | E-Submission | Sitemap | Contact us |  
top_img
Korean J Parasito Search

CLOSE

Korean J Parasito > Volume 35(3):1997 > Article

Brief Communication
Korean J Parasitol. 1997 Sep;35(3):211-213. English.
Published online Sep 20, 1997.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1997.35.3.211
Copyright © 1997 by The Korean Society for Parasitology
Susceptibility of some vertebrate hosts to infection with early third-stage larvae of Gnathostoma hispidum
W M Sohn,*1 and S H Lee2
1Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju 660-280, Korea.
Received August 13, 1997; Accepted August 25, 1997.

Abstract

Susceptibility of some vertebrates was examined to the early third-stage larvae (EL3) of Gnathostoma hispidum. The larvae collected from the Chinese loaches were infected to 4 silk carps, 3 snake heads, 3 bullfrogs, 5 mice and 9 albino rats. No worms were detected in fish, silk carps and snake heads. In 3 bullfrogs fed 30 larvae, a total of 9 EL3 was recovered in the gastrointestinal tract (8 larvae) and liver (one). In 5 mice infected with 50 larvae, a total of 37 (74.0%) advanced third-stage larvae (AdL3) was recovered from the muscle (31 larvae), liver (5 larvae) and kidney at 4 weeks after infection. In 9 albino rats infected with 115 larvae, a total of 40 (34.8%) AdL3 was found in the muscle. The mammalian hosts were found susceptible to the EL3 of G. hispidum from Chinese loaches.

Tables


Table 1
Recovery of gnathostomes from the experimental animals infected with the EL3 of G. hispidum from Chinese loaches


Table 2
Location of worms detected in mice

References
1. Araki T. Kansen Ensyou Meneki 1986;16:110–111.
2. Demitsu T, et al. Rinshohifuka 1985;39:255–260.
3. Koga M, et al. Jpn J Parasitol 1985;34(5):361–370.
5. Morita H, et al. J Nara Med Assoc 1984;35:607–619.
6. Sohn WM, Kho WG, Lee SH. Larval Gnathostoma nipponicum found in the imported Chinese loaches. Korean J Parasitol 1993;31(4):347–352.
  
7. Sohn WM, Lee SH. Identification of larval Gnathostoma obtained from imported Chinese loaches. Korean J Parasitol 1996;34(3):161–167.
  
Editorial Office
Department of Molecular Parasitology, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University,
2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon 16419, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
Tel: +82-31-299-6251   FAX: +82-1-299-6269   E-mail: kjp.editor@gmail.com
About |  Browse Articles |  Current Issue |  For Authors and Reviewers
Copyright © 2024 by The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine.     Developed in M2PI