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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Naturally captured Lanchester's freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium lanchesteri) and farm-bred Rana regulosa tadpoles were assessed for their capability of being the first or second intermediate hosts of Gnathostoma spinigerum. Seventy specimens from each animal group were randomized into a control group and investigated for larvae of G. spinigerum by pressing them between two pieces of glass and examination under stereomicroscope. No Gnathostoma larvae were found in the entire control group. Another 120 specimens of each animal were used in two treatment groups; 60 being exposed to the first-stage larvae, G. spinigerum, and 60 exposed to cyclops containing the third-stage larvae for 7 days. No larvae of G. spinigerum were found in the prawns of both treatment groups that resembled tadpoles exposed to the first-stage larvae. In contrast, 18.3% of tadpoles, which were exposed to cyclops containing third-stage larvae, were infected. Lanchester's freshwater prawns cannot serve as intermediate host of G. spinigerum, while R. regulosa can serve as the second intermediate host.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0125-1562
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32 Suppl 2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
122-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Experimental infection of Gnathostoma spinigerum larvae in prawns and tadpoles.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. ksukonta@mail.med.cmu.ac.th
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't