Echinostoma cinetorchis

Echinostoma cinetorchis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Echinostomida
Suborder: Echinostomata
Family: Echinostomatidae
Genus: Echinostoma
Species: E. cinetorchis
Binomial name
Echinostoma cinetorchis
Ando & Ozaki, 1923[1]

Echinostoma cinetorchis is a species of human intestinal fluke, a trematode in the family Echinostomatidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in Korea.[2]

Hosts

Hosts of Echinostoma cinetorchis include:

Experimentally induced infection of host species that occur in Korea in a laboratory setting include:[5]

From miracidia to cercaria, i.e. as a primary intermediate host:

From cercaria to metacercaria, i.e. as a second intermediate host:

and to a very small extent, due to the mostly lethal effect of the infection,

References

  1. (Japanese) Ando R. & Ozaki Y. (1923). "On four new species of trematodes of the family Echinostomatidae". Dobutsugaku Zasshi 35: 108-119.
  2. 1 2 Chung, P. R.; Jung, Y. (1999). "Cipangopaludina chinensis malleata (Gastropoda: Viviparidae): A new second molluscan intermediate host of a human intestinal fluke Echinostoma cinetorchis (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Korea". The Journal of Parasitology 85 (5): 963–964. doi:10.2307/3285837. PMID 10577736.
  3. Chung, P. R.; Jung, Y.; Park, Y. K.; Hwang, M. K. (2001). "Austropeplea ollula (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae): A new molluscan intermediate host of a human intestinal fluke, Echinostoma cinetorchis (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Korea". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 39 (3): 247–253. doi:10.3347/kjp.2001.39.3.247. PMC 2721074. PMID 11590915.
  4. 1 2 3 Chung, P. R.; Jung, Y.; Park, Y. K. (2001). "Segmentina hemisphaerula: A New Molluscan Intermediate Host forEchinostoma cinetorchisin Korea". Journal of Parasitology 87 (5): 1169–1171. doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1169:SHANMI]2.0.CO;2. PMID 11695387.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 (Korean)Ahn, Y. K.; Ryang, Y. S.; Chai, J. Y.; Sohn, W. M. (1989). "Cercarial shedding of Echinostoma cinetorchis and experimental infection of the cercariae to several kinds of snails". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 27 (3): 203. doi:10.3347/kjp.1989.27.3.203.

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