| [experimental life history of echinostoma hortense]. | the complete life cycle of echinostoma hortense has been maintained in the laboratory, using lymnaea pervia snails and rana nigromaculata tadpoles as the first and second intermediate hosts. icr mice was used as the definitive host. within the egg of e. hortense, the miracidium was fully matured in 13 days of incubation at 29-30 degrees c. the miracidium was 93.8 x 53.6 microns in average size, covered with numerous cilia of 7-11 microns length. the epidermal plates were arranged in 6-8-4-2 form ... | 1991 | 1954199 |
| intestinal trematodes of humans in korea: metagonimus, heterophyids and echinostomes. | ten species of the trematode family heterophyidae (metagonimus yokogawai, m. takahashii, heterophyes nocens, h. heterophyes, h. dispar, heterophyopsis continua, pygidiopsis summa, stellantchasmus falcatus, centrocestus armatus and stictodora fuscatum), and 3 species of the family echinostomatidae (echinostoma hortense, e. cinetorchis and echinochasmus japonicus) have been found to infect humans in korea. biological and epidemiological studies on the above species have shown that metagonimus, het ... | 1990 | 2133416 |
| the infestation states and changing patterns of human infecting metacercariae in freshwater fish in kyongsang-do and kyonggi-do, korea. | the infestation rates and abundances of human infecting metacercariae (clonorchis sinensis, metagonismus spp., centrocestus armatus, echinostoma hortense, echinochasmus japonicus, clinostomum complanatum) in freshwater fish were investigated at the three river areas-taewhagang (river), hyongsangang (river), nakdonggang (river) -in kyongsang-do and at four streams-yonpungchon, munsanchon, kyonganchon, and konjiamchon-in kyonggi-do, korea in 1994-1995. the fish caught at taewhagang were heavily in ... | 1996 | 8925250 |
| [a case of echinostoma hortense infection diagnosed by the upper gastrointestinal endoscopy]. | | 1997 | 9277113 |
| [a survey on intestinal parasites of soldiers in korea] | total of 2,643 korean soldiers were examined of their stool for parasitic infections by both cellophane thick smear and formalin-ether concentration techniques from august 1983 to december 1985. out of them, 73.6% were free from any parasite, 22.6% were ova positive and 4.0% cyst positive. the ova positive rates by species were ascaris lumbricoides 2.0%, trichuris trichiura 13.0%, hookworm and trichostrongylus orientalis 0.08% respectively, clonorchis sinensis 7.6%, metagonimus yokogawai 1.1%, p ... | 1986 | 12886100 |
| echinostoma revolutum and echinoparyphium recurvatum recovered from house rats in yangyang-gun, kangwon-do. | during an investigation on intestinal flukes of house rats in yangyang-gun, kangwon-do, a total of 6 species of trematodes belonging to 3 families; echinostomatidae (echinostoma hortense, e. cinetorchis, e. revolutum and echinoparyphium recurvatum), diplostomidae (fibricola seoulensis) and plagiorchiidae (plagiorchis muris), were recovered from two adult rats. e. revolutum and e. recurvatum were new trematode faunae of rats in korea. e. revolutum had an elongated body, 5.3-6.0 mm long and 1.0-1. ... | 1990 | 2099177 |
| [studies on echinostoma spp. in the chungju reservoir and upper streams of the namhan river]. | the present study was performed to know the epidemiological status of echinostomiasis in the chungju reservoir and upper streams of namhan river, together with an experimental study on the life history of echinostoma hortense. the stool specimens of 169 inhabitants and 473 junior high school students from 5 different villages revealed 3 (0.5%) echinostomatid egg positive cases. e. hortense adult worms were recovered from one patient after a treatment and purgation. for the other two patients, it ... | 1990 | 2099176 |
| intestinal trematodes infecting humans in korea. | sixteen species of intestinal trematodes have been recovered from humans in korea. they include 10 species of the family heterophyidae (metagonimus yokogawai, m. takahashii, heterophyes nocens, h. heterophyes, h. dispar, heterophyopsis continua, pygidiopsis summa, stellantchasmus falcatus, centrocestus armatus, and stictodora fuscatum); one species of diplostomidae (fibricola seoulensis); three species of echinostomatidae (echinostoma hortense, e. cinetorchis, and echinochasmus japonicus); one s ... | 1991 | 1822879 |
| a human infection of echinostoma hortense in duodenal bulb diagnosed by endoscopy. | as gastroduodenoscopy performed more frequently, case reports of human echinostomiasis are increasing in korea. a korean woman presented at a local clinic with complaints of abdominal pain and discomfort that had persisted for 2 weeks. under gastroduodenoscopy, two motile flukes were found attached on the duodenal bulb, and retrieved with endoscopic forceps. she had history of eating raw frog meat. the two flukes were identified as echinostoma hortense by egg morphology, 27 collar spines with 4 ... | 2005 | 15951640 |
| studies on parasitic helminths of korea 5.survey on intestinal trematodes of house rats. | a study was carried out to evaluate the house rats in southern korea as reservoir host of intestinal trematodes, in 13 different areas: 7 in inland and 6 in brackish-water zones, during the period from august 1980 to august 1981. a total of 170 house rats was captured; 101 rats from inland and 69 from brackish-water zones. they consisted of 129 rattus norvegicus, 22 r. rattus rufescens, and 19 unidentified. the infection status of the rats were as follows: 1. total 29 rats (17.1%) were infected ... | 1981 | 12902707 |
| studies on intestinal trematodes in korea: viii. a human case of echinostoma hortense infection. | echinostomatid eggs were found from a 21-year old man, whole native village is munkyong-gun, kyongsangnam-do during fecal examination in october 1983. the eggs were detected again one week later concommitantly with the eggs of clonorchis sinensis. he had no subjective symptoms related with these fluke infections. he was treated with praziquantel(distocide(r)) 20 mg/kg in single dose and purgated with magnesium salt. one echinostomatid fluke and 4 adults of c. sinensis were collected from the dia ... | 1983 | 12902652 |
| [two cases of natural human infection by echinostoma hortense and its second intermediate host in wonju area] | two cases of human echinostoma hortense infection and their probable infection source were identified by praziqantel (distocide) treatment of the patients and by examining two kinds of fresh water fish which were eaten raw by them. the result of the research can be summarized as follows: the patients, each aged 31 and 30, were residing in the same house in wonju city, kangwon province. the first case was hospitalized due to epidemic hemorrhagic fever (e.h. fever) and the second case was healthy ... | 1985 | 12888684 |
| studies on intestinal trematodes in korea: xvii. development of egg lying capacity of echinostoma hortense in albino rats and human experimental infection. | the worm development and egg laying pattern of echinostoma hortense(trematoda: echinostomatidae) were studied in albino rats and the brief clinical course was observed in human volunteers. a total of 21 rats were infected with 20~69 metecercariae each and two humans were with 7 and 27 metacercariae, which were collected from loaches. for recovery of worms, the rats were sacrificed at irregular intervals from the 6th to 150th day after infection and the human volunteers were treated with praziqua ... | 1985 | 12888683 |
| echinostoma hortense and heterophyid metacercariae encysted in yellowfin goby, acanthogobius flavimanus, from shinan-gun and muan-gun (jeollanam-do), korea. | fishborne trematode (fbt) metacercariae were investigated in yellowfin goby, acanthogobius flavimanus, collected from shinan-gun and muan-gun, jeollanam-do (province), korea. all collected fishes were examined using the artificial digestion method. in all of 15 gobies from aphae-myeon in shinan-gun, metacercariae of stictodora spp. (334 metacercariae/fish), heterophyes nocens (153/fish), and heterophyopsis continua (20/fish) were detected. in 2 of 14 gobies from jido-myeon in shinan-gun, 8 echin ... | 2009 | 19724708 |
| studies on intestinal tematodes in korea: xvi. infection status of loaches with the metacercariae of echinostoma hortense. | the infection status of the loaches, misgurnus anguillicaudatus, with the metacercariae of echinostoma hortense, was studied in korea. a total of 154 loaches purchased at 4 local makets (seoul, kimhae, naju-gun and kangjin-gun) were examined their infection rate as well as the density and location of the metacercariae in the fish body. the results are as follews: the loaches carrying the metecercariae of e. hortense were 64 (41.6%) in total number and the metacercarial density ranged 1-29 per in ... | 1985 | 12888682 |
| [echinostoma hortense metacercariae naturally encysted in odontobutis obscura interrupta (a freshwater fish) and experimental infection to rats] | the metacercariae of an echinostomatid fluke were detected from a freshwater fish, odontobutis obscura interrupta caught from the seom river system, wonseong-gun, kangwon-do, and experimenally infected into rats to obtain the adult worms for the species identification. a total of 32 metacercariae was detected from 10 fishes (27.8 percent) out of 36 o. obscura interrupta caught from the river. the average size of metacercariae was 153.4 x 149.0 micrometer. also, it was uniquely specific that thic ... | 1985 | 12888665 |
| review of zoonotic parasites in medical and veterinary fields in the republic of korea. | zoonotic parasites are animal parasites that can infect humans. the major zoonotic protozoa in the republic of korea are babesia bovis, chilomastix mesnili, cryptosporidium parvum, endolimax nana, entamoeba coli, entamoeba hitolytica, giardia lamblia, iodamoeba bütschlii, pneumocystis carinii, sarcocystis cruzi, and toxoplasma gondii. the major zoonotic helminths in korea include trematodes, cestodes, and nematodes. trematodes are clonorchis sinensis, echinostoma hortense, echinostoma spp., fasc ... | 2009 | 19885329 |
| foodborne intestinal flukes in southeast asia. | in southeast asia, a total of 59 species of foodborne intestinal flukes have been known to occur in humans. the largest group is the family heterophyidae, which constitutes 22 species belonging to 9 genera (centrocestus, haplorchis, heterophyes, heterophyopsis, metagonimus, procerovum, pygidiopsis, stellantchasmus, and stictodora). the next is the family echinostomatidae, which includes 20 species in 8 genera (artyfechinostomum, acanthoparyphium, echinochasmus, echinoparyphium, echinostoma, epis ... | 2009 | 19885337 |
| [two cases infected by echinostomna hortense in guangxi]. | | 2011 | 21823334 |
| [two cases of natural human infection by echinostoma hortense] | two cases of human echinostoma hortense infection were found in seoul paik hospital. their stools revealed echinostomatid eggs. after treatment with praziquantel (single does of 10-12 mg/kg) and purgation with magnesium salt, total 21 flukes were collected in one case. the flukes were 5.9-7.5 mm long, had 27-28 collar spines around their head, laterally deviated ovary and two tandem testes. they were identified as e. hortense asada, 1926. the cases are 38-year and 20-year old men residing in seo ... | 1986 | 12886111 |
| [tegumental ultrastructures of echinostoma hortense observed by scanning electron microscopy] | the tegumental ultrastructures of echinostoma hortense adults were observed by scanning electron microscopy. the worms of 4 weeks of age were harvested from albino rats experimentally infected with the metacercariae obtained from the loach. the results were as follows: the worms were leaf-like and their anterior end portion, including oral sucker and head crown, ventrally curved to face posteriorly. the tegument of whole body was wrinkled transversely and covered with cobblestone-like cytoplasmi ... | 1986 | 12886109 |
| [experimental and epidemiological studies on the life cycle of echinostoma hortense asada, 1926 (trematoda: echinostomatidae)] | recently there have been some reports on human infections of echinostoma hortense in korea. it was found that a few species of freshwater fishes were playing the role of the second intermediate host of e. hortense. however, molluscan intermediate host has not been identified yet in korea. the present study aimed to establish the life cycle of e. hortense in laboratory. experimental studies such as egg production from the rat, development of the eggs in vitro, exposure of miracidia to freshwater ... | 1986 | 12886089 |
| a human case of echinostoma hortense (trematoda: echinostomatidae) infection diagnosed by gastroduodenal endoscopy in korea. | a human echinostoma hortense infection was diagnosed by gastroduodenoscopy. an 81-year-old korean male, living in yeongcheon-shi, gyeongsangbuk-do and with epigastric discomfort of several days duration, was subjected to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. he was in the habit of eating fresh water fish. two live worms were found in the duodenal bulb area and were removed using an endoscopic forceps. based on their morphological characteristics, the worms were identified as e. hortense. the patient ... | 2003 | 12815324 |
| investigation on the zoonotic trematode species and their natural infection status in huainan areas of china. | to investigate the species of zoonotic trematodes and the endemic infection status in the domestic animals in huainan areas, north anhui province of china, we intent to provide evidences for prevention of the parasitic zoonoses. | 2017 | 28244789 |
| complete mitochondrial genome of echinostoma hortense (digenea: echinostomatidae). | echinostoma hortense (digenea: echinostomatidae) is one of the intestinal flukes with medical importance in humans. however, the mitochondrial (mt) genome of this fluke has not been known yet. the present study has determined the complete mt genome sequences of e. hortense and assessed the phylogenetic relationships with other digenean species for which the complete mt genome sequences are available in genbank using concatenated amino acid sequences inferred from 12 protein-coding genes. the mt ... | 2016 | 27180575 |
| [an epidemiological suryey of echinostoma hortense infection in chongsong-gun, kyongbuk province] | an epidemiological study was performed to know the infection status of e. hortense among the human residents and fish intermediate hosts in chongsong-gun, kyongsangbuk-do. out of 263 people examined, 59(22.4 per cent) were positive for the eggs of e. hortense. total 152 fresh water tishes (9 species) were examined, and odontobutis obscura interrupta, misgurnus angullicaudatus and squalidus coreanus were found to harbour the metacercariae of e. hortense. juvenile or adult e. hortense were expelle ... | 1988 | 12811048 |
| food-borne intestinal trematode infections in the republic of korea. | a total of 19 species of food-borne intestinal trematodes have been reported in humans in the republic of korea. they include 12 species of the heterophyidae, metagonimus yokogawai, m. takahashii, m. miyatai, heterophyes nocens, h. heterophyes (imported), h. dispar (imported), heterophyopsis continua, pygidiopsis summa, stellantchasmus falcatus, centrocestus armatus, stictodora fuscata, and s. lari; four species of the echinostomatidae, echinostoma hortense, e. cinetorchis, echinochasmus japonic ... | 2002 | 12113752 |
| mucosal mast cell responses in the small intestine of rats infected with echinostoma hortense. | mucosal mast cell (mmc) responses and worm recovery rates in rats infected with echinostoma hortense were investigated from day 3 to day 56 post-infection (p.i.). experimental infected group showed apparently higher number of mmc in each part of the small intestine than that of the control group. the number of mmc in the duodenum increased gradually after the infection and reached a peak on day 35 p.i. thereafter, the number of mmc continued to decrease at a slow pace. the kinetics of mmc respon ... | 2000 | 11002648 |
| one human case of natural infection by heterophyopsis continua and three other species of intestinal trematodes. | the third human case of natural infection by heterophyopsis continua in korea was found in chinju, kyongsangnam-do. the case was a 53-year-old man. he used to eat raw brackish and fresh water fish. after praziquantel treatment and purgation, h. continua were collected from the diarrheal stool together with metagonimus yokogawai, heterophyes nocens and echinostoma hortense. his clinical complaints were indigestion, epigastric discomfort, poor appetite and fatigue. the complaints were considered r ... | 1996 | 8820745 |
| a human case of plagiorchis muris (tanabe, 1922: digenea) infection in the republic of korea: freshwater fish as a possible source of infection. | a korean man was found infected with plagiorchis muris and 2 other intestinal trematodes, echinostoma hortense and metagonimus takahashii. no complaint of gastrointestinal discomfort due to these fluke infections was noted. the patient had a history of eating various kinds of freshwater fish caught from a small stream near his village. freshwater fish collected from the stream were examined for trematode metacercariae by an artificial digestion technique. unidentified metacercariae collected wer ... | 1996 | 8691378 |
| a follow-up examination of intestinal parasitic infections of the army soldiers in whachon-gun, korea. | a follow-up stool examination was done to know the status of intestinal parasitic infections in army soldiers who were stationing in whachon-gun, kangwon-do, korea in 1993. of 233 examined soldiers, infections with clonorchis sinensis (0.4%), metagonimus spp. (0.9%), echinostoma hortense (0.4%), neodiplostomum seoulensis (0.4) and giardia lamblia (3/233) were found. e. hortense and n. seoulensis infections were each 75th, and 27th cases in korea. regular control program of intestinal parasitic i ... | 1994 | 8167111 |
| a case of echinostomiasis with ulcerative lesions in the duodenum. | echinostomiasis is an endemic intestinal trematodiasis of humans in korea. we observed a human case of echinostoma hortense infection who had ulcerations on the duodenal mucosa. a 55-year old man living in hamyang-gun, kyongnam, complained of epigastric pain with hematemesis in april 1994. endoscopy revealed lesions of early gastric cancer and duodenal ulcerations. a penetrating parasite into the duodenal mucosa was picked out, and identified as e. hortense. as the patient was treated with prazi ... | 1994 | 7953246 |
| intestinal trematode infections in the villagers in koje-myon, kochang-gun, kyongsangnam-do, korea. | an epidemiological study for the intestinal trematode infection of the villagers was done in koje-myon, kochang-gun, kyongsangnam-do, korea in march, 1994. of 116 stool specimens examined, total helminthic ova positive cases were 13 (11.2%) and cumulative ova positive cases 21 (18.1%): echinostoma hortense 11 cases (9.5%), metagonimus sp. 6 cases (5.2%), and clonorchis sinensis 4 cases (3.4%). after the treatment and purgation, variable numbers of e. hortense, 6 to 227 per person, were collected ... | 1994 | 7953239 |
| [studies on the zoonoses in hokkaido, japan. 6. experimental human echinostomiasis]. | etiological analysis and parasitological examinations of human echinostomiasis were investigated. the four volunteers (case a, b, c and d) were orally administrated metacercariae harvested from the fresh water snails (lymnaea japonica) experimentally infected with echinostoma hortense eggs. numbers of metacercariae administrated were 20 for cases a and b, 30 for case c and 50 for case d. prepatent periods of four cases were 14 days (case d) and 17 days (cases a,b and c) after administrations. pa ... | 1984 | 6530210 |
| [studies on the zoonoses in hokkaido, japan. 8. the prevalence of metacercariae of echinostoma hortense asada, 1926 in loaches]. | two species of loaches, misgurus anguillicaudatus and burbatula toni were collected from 28 localities of hokkaido to detect trematode metacercariae. among 829 m. anguillicaudatus, 577 (69.6%) were found to be infected with metacercariae, while 9 (1.6%) out of 549 b. toni were infected with metacercariae. adult flukes were recovered from the intestine of mice and rats or dogs orally administered with metacercariae. based on the morphological examination of adult specimens, echinostoma hortense w ... | 1987 | 3443431 |
| spontaneous expulsion of echinostoma hortense asada, 1926 (trematoda:echinostomatidae) in mice. | | 1988 | 3413045 |
| [chronological observation of intestinal lesions of rats experimentally infected with echinostoma hortense]. | intestinal histopathological changes due to infection with echinostoma hortense (trematoda) were studied in rats after experimental infection with the metacercariae. the metacercariae were obtained from the tadpoles of rana nigromaculata, a second intermediate host infected in the laboratory. total 18 albino rats (sprague-dawley) were given 200 matacercariae each and sacrificed on the day 1, 3, 7, 11, 22 or 44 post-infection (pi). segments of the small intestine at 1, 3, 5, 8 and 30 cm posterior ... | 1990 | 2271500 |
| differential immune profiles following experimental echinostoma hortense infection in balb/c and c3h/hen mice. | despite the increasing incidence in food-borne echinostoma hortense infection, the underlying immune mechanism along with the clinical manifestations and the expulsion of the worms from the mucosal surfaces are not well understood. to clarify the differences in the immune mechanisms induced by e. hortense in the host, we examined the interleukin (il)-4, il-5, il-12, and interferon-gamma profiles and the kinetics in two genetically different mouse strains, balb/c and c3h/hen mice, in vivo as well ... | 2007 | 17252277 |
| immune response and inhibitory effect of ketotifen on the balb/c and c3h/hen mice infected with echinostoma hortense. | although echinostoma hortense is one of the intestinal trematodes with a high infection rate in south korea, the exact immune response against e. hortense infection has yet to be fully investigated. in the present study, we investigated differential susceptibilities in two different strains of micenamely, balb/c (h-2d) and c3h/hen (h-2k) mice. likewise, we investigated the effects of ketotifen, an antiallergic drug, on the immune response against e. hortense infection. the worm recovery rate of ... | 2007 | 17618462 |
| the immunological effects of electrolyzed reduced water on the echinostoma hortense infection in c57bl/6 mice. | electrolyzed reduced water (erw) is widely used for drinking by people in asia. the purpose of this study was to examine the immunological effect of erw on the immunity of animals by supplying erw to c57bl/6 mice infected with echinostoma hortense metacercariae. in the non-infected groups, interleukin (il)-4 (p < 0.001), il-5, il-10, il-1beta, tumor necrosis factor (tnf)-alpha and immunoglobulin (ig) a expression of the group fed erw (erw group) increased in small intestine compared with the nor ... | 2009 | 19252295 |
| echinostome infections in the striped-field mouse, apodemus agrarius, and the ussuri white-toothed shrew, crocidura lasiura, caught near the demilitarized zone, gyeonggi-do (province), republic of korea. | a total of 1,498 small mammals (rodents and insectivores), including apodemus agrarius (n = 1,366), crocidura lasiura (54), mus musculus (32), micronytus fortis (28), eothenomys regulus (9), micronys minutes (6), and cricetulus triton (3), were live-trapped in gyeonggi-do (province) (paju-si, pocheon-gun, and yeoncheon-gun) near the demilitarized zone (dmz) from december 2004 to september 2005. a. agrarius was found to be infected with 3 species of echinostomes (echinostoma hortense, echinostoma ... | 2009 | 19724709 |
| fish-borne zoonotic trematode metacercariae in the republic of korea. | the prevalence of fish-borne trematodes (fbt), including clonorchis sinensis, is still high in riverside areas of the republic of korea. the author reviewed the detection and identification methods, differential keys, fish intermediate hosts, and morphological characteristics of fbt metacercariae. fbt metacercariae found in freshwater fish are classified mainly into 4 families, i.e., opisthorchiidae, heterophyidae, echinostomatidae, and clinostomidae. the metacercariae of c. sinensis, found in 4 ... | 2009 | 19885326 |
| zoonotic intestinal trematodes in stray cats (felis catus) from riverside areas of the republic of korea. | the present study was performed to survey the infection status of zoonotic intestinal trematode (zit) in stray cats from 5 major riverside areas in the republic of korea. total 400 stray cats were captured with live-traps in riverside areas of seomjingang ('gang' means river) (203 cats) from june to october 2010, and of yeongsangang (41), nakdonggang (57), geumgang (38), and hangang (61 cats) from june to october 2011, respectively. small intestines resected from cats were opened with a pair of ... | 2015 | 25925180 |
| trematodes recovered in the small intestine of stray cats in the republic of korea. | in 2005, we reported the infection status of 438 stray cats with various species of intestinal helminths, including nematodes (4 species), trematodes (23 species), and cestodes (5 species) in the republic of korea. however, morphologic details of each helminth species have not been provided. in the present study, we intended to describe morphologic details of 13 trematode species which were either new fauna of cats (10 species) or new fauna of not only cats but also all animal hosts (3 species). ... | 2013 | 23467726 |
| intestinal helminthic infections in striped field mice, apodemus agrarius, from two southern regions of korea. | the present study was performed to know the infection status of intestinal helminths in a most common species of field mice, apodemus agrarius, from 2 southern regions of korea. total 133 and 103 mice were collected by the mouse trap in hapcheon-gun, gyeongsangnam-do and gurye-gun, jeollanam-do, respectively, from july 2005 to june 2006. the small intestine of each mouse was resected and longitudinally opened with a pair of scissors. the intestinal contents were washed with 0.85% saline until th ... | 2014 | 25246721 |
| a case of echinostoma cinetorchis (trematoda: echinostomatidae) infection diagnosed by colonoscopy. | human cases of echinostomiasis have been sporadically diagnosed by extracting worms in the endoscopy in korea and japan. most of these were caused by echinostoma hortense infection. however, in the present study, we detected 2 live worms of echinostoma cinetorchis in the ascending colon of a korean man (68-year old) admitted to the gyeongsang national university hospital with complaint of intermittent right lower quadrant abdominal pain for 5 days. under colonoscopy, 1 worm was found attached on ... | 2014 | 25031469 |
| intestinal parasites among wild rodents in northern gangwon-do, korea. | to determine geographical patterns of natural parasite infections among wild rodents, a total of 46 wild rodents from 3 different localities in northern gangwon-do (province), korea were examined for intestinal parasite infections. along with nematodes such as hookworms and syphacia spp., plagiorchis muris (2 specimens) (trematoda) were collected from striped field mice, apodemus agrarius. in a korean wood mouse, apodemus peninsulae, the overall nematode infections were similar to a. agrarius, b ... | 2013 | 24327791 |
| echinostoma hortense infection with enteritis diagnosed by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in a dog. | an 8-year-old male shiba dog presented with chronic vomiting and diarrhea. upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed severe enteritis and infection of the duodenal mucosa with echinostoma hortense. we performed therapy for parasites and enteritis. the therapy was successful for deworming and temporarily improved the symptoms, but the dog died soon thereafter. to the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report of an antemortem diagnosis of e. hortense infection in a dog. | 2013 | 23449463 |
| [helminthes infections in the small intestine of stray dogs in ejungbu city, kyunggi do, korea] | one hundred and two stray dogs in ejungbu city of kyunggi-do, korea were examined to reveal out the degree of natural helminthic infection of small intestine. helminthes were collected at autopsy, by scraping the intestinal contents. the collected worms were classified by their morphological characteristics. out of 102 examined, 72 dogs were infected with any helminthes. the common helminthes were dipylidium caninum (47%), ancylostoma caninum (26%), toxascaris leonina (16%) and toxocara canis (1 ... | 1981 | 12902719 |
| susceptibility of several strains of mice to echinostoma hortense infection. | susceptibilities of 5 different mice strains, including c3h/hen, balb/c, c57bl6, fvb and icr, to echinostoma hortense infection, was evaluated. the worm expulsion rate, worm size and egg production were observed from 1 to 8 weeks after infection with 30 metacercariae. c3h/hen and icr mice showed the highest worm maturation rates. the worm recovery rate and the number of eggs per gram (epg) of feces was also higher in c3h/hen and icr mice than in balb/c, c57bl6, and fvb mice. it is suggested that ... | 2004 | 15181343 |
| infection status with helminthes in feral cats purchased from a market in busan, republic of korea. | the present study was performed to investigate the infection status with helminth in a group of feral cats in korea. more than 29 helminth species including adults or eggs were detected in visceral and fecal samples of the examined cats. among these were a host of nematodes, including toxocarids, ancylostoma sp. and the larva of anisakis simplex; trematodes, including clonorchis sinensis, paragonimus westermani, eurytrema pancreaticum, pharyngostomum cordatum, metagonimus spp., heterophyes nocen ... | 2005 | 16192750 |