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Echinochasmus caninus n. comb. (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) Infection in Eleven Riparian People in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR

Authors
 Jong-Yil Chai  ;  Taehee Chang  ;  Bong-Kwang Jung  ;  Hyejoo Shin  ;  Woon-Mok Sohn  ;  Keeseon S Eom  ;  Tai-Soon Yong  ;  Duk-Young Min  ;  Bounlay Phammasack  ;  Bounnaloth Insisiengmay  ;  Han-Jong Rim 
Citation
 KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, Vol.57(4) : 451-456, 2019-08 
Journal Title
KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
ISSN
 0023-4001 
Issue Date
2019-08
MeSH
Adult ; Animals ; Echinostomatidae / anatomy & histology ; Echinostomatidae / isolation & purification* ; Feces / parasitology ; Female ; Humans ; Laos / epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Rivers ; Trematode Infections / epidemiology ; Trematode Infections / parasitology* ; Young Adult
Keywords
Echinchasmus caninus (syn. Episthmium caninum) ; Khammouane Province ; Lao PDR ; echinostome
Abstract
Adult specimens of Echinochasmus caninus n. comb. (Verma, 1935) (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) (syn. Episthmium caninum Yamaguti, 1958) were recovered from 11 riparian people who resided along the Mekong River in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR. In fecal examinations done by the Kato-Katz technique, the cases revealed eggs of Opisthorchis viverrini/minute intestinal flukes, hookworms, and in 2 cases echinostome eggs. To recover the adult helminths, praziquantel 30-40 mg/kg and pyrantel pamoate 10-15 mg/kg in a single dose were given and purged with magnesium salts. Various species of trematodes (including O. viverrini and Haplorchis spp.), cestodes, and nematodes were recovered from their diarrheic stools. Among the trematodes, small echinostome flukes (n=42; av. 3.8 specimens per case) of 0.7-1.2 mm in length are subjected in this study. They are morphologically characterized by having 24 collar spines interrupted dorsally and anterior extension of vitellaria from the cirrus sac or genital pore level to the posterior end of the body. Particularly based on this extensive distribution of vitellaria, the specific diagnosis was made as Echinochasmus caninus. The cases were co-infected with various other helminth parasites; thus, clinical manifestations specific for this echinostome infection were difficult to determine. The present paper describes for the first time human E. caninus infections in Lao PDR. Our cases marked the 4-14th human infections with this echinostome around the world following the 3 previous cases reported from Thailand.
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DOI
10.3347/kjp.2019.57.4.451
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Tropica Medicine (열대의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Yong, Tai Soon(용태순) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-0769
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/188994
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