| levels of sparganum infections and phylogenetic analysis of the tapeworm spirometra erinaceieuropaei sparganum in wild frogs from henan province in central china. | sparganosis is a serious food-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by infection with spirometra spargana. the prevalence of sparganum infection in wild frogs (rana nigromaculata, r. limmochari, r. temporaria and bufo gargarizans) was investigated in henan province of central china during 2008-2012. of 3482 caught wild frogs, 565 (16.23%) were found to be infected with plerocercoids (spargana) of the genus spirometra. spargana were found in 14.85% (320/2155) of r. nigromaculata, 20.82% (233/1119) of r ... | 2015 | 26017331 |