Revision for “Paragonimus siamensis” created on June 18, 2014 @ 12:34:26
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| Content | <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Paragonimus siamensis</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Miyazaki and Wykoff, 1965</b></span></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Paragonimus siamensis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> has been recovered from cats and fresh-water crabs in Thailand (Miyazaki I, Wykoff DE. On a new lung fluke </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Paragonimus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>siamensis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> n.sp. found in Thailand (Trematoda: Troglotrematidae). Jpn J Parasitol 14:251; Yaemput S, Dekumyoy P, Visiassuk K. 1994. The natural fist intermediate host of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Paragonimus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>siamensis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> (Miyazaki and Wykoff, 1965) in Thailand. Southeast Asia J trop Med Publ Hlth 25:284-290.). This parasite has also been found in cats in the Philippines (Cabrera BD, Vajrathira S. 1973. Endemicity of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Paragonimus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>siamensis</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Miyazaki and Wykoff 1965, the second species of lung flukes found in the Republic of the Philippines. J Philip Med Assoc 49:385-398). The metacercarial stage of this trematode is larger than that of </span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Paragonimus heterotremus</i></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></p> |
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