Echinostoma aegyptica (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) Infection in Five Riparian People in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR

The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Jong-Yil ChaiHan-Jong Rim

Abstract

Human infection with Echinostoma aegyptica Khalil and Abaza, 1924 (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) is extremely rare. In this study, we confirmed E. aegyptica infection in 5 riparian residents living along the Mekong River in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR. The patients revealed eggs of Opisthorchis viverrini/minute intestinal flukes, echinostomes, and other parasites in fecal examinations using the Kato-Katz technique. Following treatment with praziquantel 30-40 mg/kg and pyrantel pamoate 10-15 mg/kg in a single dose and purging with magnesium salts, adult specimens of various helminth species were collected. Among the trematodes, echinostome flukes of 4.5-7.6 mm in length (n = 134; av. 22.3 specimens per case) were of taxonomic interest and subjected in this study. The flukes were morphologically characterized by having total 43-45 collar spines arranged in 2 alternating rows (corner spines usually 5 on each side) and compatible with previous descriptions of E. aegyptica. The patients were mixed-infected with other helminths, so specific clinical manifestations due to this echinostome fluke were difficult to determine. The present paper describes for the first time human E. aegyptica infections in Lao PDR. This is the second repo...Continue Reading

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Sep 19, 2007·The Korean Journal of Parasitology·Jong-Yil ChaiHan-Jong Rim
Dec 9, 2008·Parasitology International·Somphou SayasonePeter Odermatt
May 27, 2009·Parasitology Research·Ivan KanevValentin Radev
Sep 6, 2012·The Korean Journal of Parasitology·Jong-Yil ChaiHan-Jong Rim
Mar 14, 2018·The Korean Journal of Parasitology·Jong-Yil ChaiHan-Jong Rim

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