First report of <i>Paragonimus skrjabini miyazakii</i> metacercariae in <i>Geothelphusa dehaani</i> (Sawagani) occurring in Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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- OHARI Yuma
- Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan Department of Pathogenetic Veterinary Science, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- SUZUKI Yuma
- Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- SHIBAHARA Toshiyuki
- Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Ikoinooka 1-3, Imabari, Ehime 794-8555, Japan
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- ITAGAKI Tadashi
- Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan Department of Pathogenetic Veterinary Science, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
Abstract
<p>Paragonimiasis is an important food-borne zoonosis caused by Paragonimus flukes and is endemic to western Japan. However, there have been few epidemiological studies in the Tohoku district of northeastern Japan. In this study, Paragonimus metacercariae (mc) was detected in Geothelphusa dehaani (Japanese freshwater crab or Sawagani) in Iwate Prefecture. Out of the 207 Sawagani collected from 35 localities, 12 individuals from six localities were infected with Paragonimus mc. The mc were identified as P. skrjabini miyazakii based on the sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I. This is the first report of P. s. miyazakii mc infection in Sawagani in Iwate Prefecture.</p>
Journal
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- Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
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Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 81 (8), 1109-1112, 2019
JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
