A survey of metacercarial infections in commonly edible fish and crab hosts prevailing in Manipur, Northeast India

Journal of Parasitic Diseases : Official Organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology
Voleentina Devi Athokpam, V Tandon

Abstract

Food-borne trematode infections, which are mainly transmitted through consumption of inadequately cooked or raw fish and crabs, affect a large section of population, particularly in Southeast Asian countries, thus eliciting a remarkable morbidity and causing serious damage to health. In India, centering in several mountainous regions of the Northeast, the natives have the habit of consuming such fish or crabs that still sustain viable infective larval stage (metacercaria) of trematode flukes in their muscle tissue. The present study was undertaken to ascertain the spectrum of metacercarial diversity in commonly edible freshwater fishes and crab species in the northeastern state of Manipur and to adjudge their zoonotic potential, if any. Commonly edible fishes belonging to 15 species from 12 localities and crabs belonging to 2 species from 11 localities across Manipur state were surveyed for the purpose. The study revealed that 3 species of fishes (Channa punctatus, C. straitus and Wallago attu) harboured 4 different types of metacercariae belonging to 4 trematode families-Euclinostomum heterostomum (Clinostomidae); Lophosicyadiplostomum sp. and Posthodiplostomum sp. (Diplostomidae); and Polylekithum sp. (Allocreadiidae) in addi...Continue Reading

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Jul 15, 2016·Journal of Parasitic Diseases : Official Organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology·Voleentina D AthokpamVeena Tandon
Feb 24, 2016·Systematic Parasitology·Tomáš ScholzNico J Smit
Jan 9, 2021·The Korean Journal of Parasitology·Eun Jeong WonWoon-Mok Sohn

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