›› 2007, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (6): 20-519.

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Preliminary Investigation on Paragonimus in Lvchun County of Yunnan Province

YANG Bin-bin1,ZHOU Ben-jiang1 ,LI Ru-qing2,BAI Zhong-wen2,WU Ou-bao3,GAO Xiu-fang3   

  1. 1 Department of Parasitology, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650031, China; 2 Lvchun County Health Bureau, Lvchun 662500, China; 3 Lvchun County CDC, Lvchun 662500, China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2007-12-30 Published:2007-12-30
  • Contact: ZHOU Ben-jiang

Abstract: 69 crabs were collected from Daxing, Gekui and Niukong townships of Lvchun county, Yunnan Province in 2006 and excysted metacercariae were only obtained from crabs of Niukong. The infection rate was 27.6% (8/29) with an average metacercaria number of 2.25 each crab. No encysted metacercariae were found. The excysted metacercariae were morphologically identified as Paragonimus proliferus.

Key words: Paragonimus proliferus, Distribution, Yunnan, Lvchun County