An Experimental Infection of Plagiorchis muris in Man

Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia

“…An experimental human infection was reported in the U.S. [249], Natural human infections have been reported in Japan [250] and the Republic of Korea [251]. Freshwater snails, Lymnea pervia in Japan [248] and Stagnicola emarginata angulata in the U.S. [249], shed the cercariae.…”

“…An experimental human infection was reported in the U.S. [249], Natural human infections have been reported in Japan [250] and the Republic of Korea [251]. Freshwater snails, Lymnea pervia in Japan [248] and Stagnicola emarginata angulata in the U.S. [249], shed the cercariae. Aquatic insects (mosquito larvae), insect naiads, fresh water snails, and fresh water fish [248][249][250][251] harbor the metacercariae.…”

“…Freshwater snails, Lymnea pervia in Japan [248] and Stagnicola emarginata angulata in the U.S. [249], shed the cercariae. Aquatic insects (mosquito larvae), insect naiads, fresh water snails, and fresh water fish [248][249][250][251] harbor the metacercariae. Rats are an experimental definitive host [251].…”

Food-borne intestinal trematodiases in humans

“…The only genus with species that infect humans is Plagiorchis. The most representative species is P. muris, which has been reported from natural (Hong et al 1996) and experimental (McMullen 1937) infections in humans. The life cycle of P. muris involves embryonated eggs being eaten by the pulmonate snail Stagnicola emarginata, in which sporocysts develop and produce xiphidiocercariae of the armatae group (see Schell 1985).…”

“…Natural definitive hosts are rats, dogs, nighthawks, robins, herring gulls, and sandpipers. In addition to humans, experimental infections have been established in mice, rats, and pigeons (McMullen 1937). Kumar (1999) reported infections in the intestine of humans with P. philippiniensis, P. javensis, and P. harinasutai from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand.…”