2018
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2018.56.2.189
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Hypolobocera guayaquilensis (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae): A New Crab Intermediate Host of Paragonimus mexicanus in Manabí Province, Ecuador

Abstract: To determine that Paragonimus sp. is actively transmitted in a tropical area of the Pacific region of Ecuador where human cases of pulmonary paragonimiasis have recently been documented, a total of 75 freshwater crabs were collected from 2 different streams in the Pedernales area of Manabí Province, Ecuador. All collected crabs were identified as Hypolobocera guayaquilensis based on morphological characteristics of the male gonopods. The hepatopancreas of each crab was examined by compressing it between 2 glas… Show more

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“…Many cases indicating the presence of trematodes in domestic animals are observed in the literature (COSTA et al, 1984;BORAY, 1985BORAY, , 1986OLIVEIRA et al, 2005 and references therein); with these parasites causing zoonotic diseases which can lead to the widespread dissemination of these parasites to the environment and other individuals, including humans, who become infected through contact with the feces of these animals (MARTINS et al, 2023).…”
Section: T Record Of Metacercariae Of Paragonimus Braun 1899 (Platyhe...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many cases indicating the presence of trematodes in domestic animals are observed in the literature (COSTA et al, 1984;BORAY, 1985BORAY, , 1986OLIVEIRA et al, 2005 and references therein); with these parasites causing zoonotic diseases which can lead to the widespread dissemination of these parasites to the environment and other individuals, including humans, who become infected through contact with the feces of these animals (MARTINS et al, 2023).…”
Section: T Record Of Metacercariae Of Paragonimus Braun 1899 (Platyhe...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One from Ecuador could be assigned as P. ecuadoriensis Voelker and Arzube, 1979 (once synonymized with P. mexicanus by Vieira et al in 1992), and two possible new species (or subspecies) groups included one from Chiapas, Mexico and San José, Guatemala and the other from Veracruz, Mexico (Iwagami et al, 2003;López-Caballero et al, 2013). Freshwater crabs, Hypolobocera aequatorialis, H. chilensis and H. guayaquilensis, Pseudothelphusa dilatata, P. nayaritae, P. propinqua and P. terrestris carry the metacercariae (Blair et al, 1999a;Calvopiña et al, 2018). Raw crabs with vegetables and lemon juice is the main infection source for Peruvians (Nakamura-Uchiyama et al, 2002), and ceviche that contains uncooked crustacean meat is an important source for Mexicans (Procop, 2009).…”
Section: Paragonimus Mexicanusmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given the morphological similarities of metacercariae of the Opisthorchiidae and Heterophyidae [10,35] and the lack of studies of liver or intestinal fish-borne trematodes in Ecuador, we only analyzed metacercariae with appropriate morphology (see above). We followed a similar approach as described by Calvopiña et al 2018 [37], including DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), and DNA sequencing. In brief, we extracted DNA from individual metacercariae using the QIAamp DNA Micro Kit (Qiagen, Stanford, California, United States).…”
Section: Morphological and Molecular Identification Of Metacercariaementioning
confidence: 99%