Of morphologically indistinguishable small-sized neodiplostomula in the grass snake Rhabdophis tigrina in the Republic of Korea, some, such as Neodiplostomum seoulense, mature into adults in the intestines of rodents, whereas others, such as Neodiplostomum leei, migrate to rodent livers and mature in the intestines of chicks. In the present study, we aimed to observe in more detail the extraintestinal migration and development of N. leei by using various animal models, i.e., mice, rats, hamsters, rabbits, cats, and chicks. In mammals, small-sized neodiplostomula (N. leei) inoculated orally penetrated the intestinal wall, entered the peritoneal cavity, and oriented to the liver without passing through any other organ. In rodent livers, the neodiplostomula were surrounded by host inflammatory cells and fibrotic tissues from day 10 postinfection (PI); the worms were found dead by day 56 PI. When neodiplostomula from rodent livers were transferred orally to mammals, they reoriented to the liver, although they were able to develop into adults in the chick intestine by day 6–7 PI. The possibility of human infections, i.e., liver migration, by N. leei neodiplostomula, among snake consumers, warrants investigation.
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April 01 2006
MIGRATION OF NEODIPLOSTOMUM LEEI (DIGENEA: NEODIPLOSTOMIDAE) NEODIPLOSTOMULA TO THE LIVERS OF VARIOUS MAMMALS
Eun-Hee Shin;
Eun-Hee Shin
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. [email protected]
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Il-Myung Kim;
Il-Myung Kim
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. [email protected]
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Jae-Lip Kim;
Jae-Lip Kim
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. [email protected]
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Eun-Taek Han;
Eun-Taek Han
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. [email protected]
* Department of Parasitology, Kangwon National University College of Medicine, Chunchon 200-701, Korea
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Yun-Kyu Park;
Yun-Kyu Park
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. [email protected]
† Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 400-712, Korea
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Yukifumi Nawa;
Yukifumi Nawa
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. [email protected]
‡ Department of Parasitology, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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Jina Kook;
Jina Kook
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. [email protected]
§ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yanbian University of Science and Technology, Yanji City, Jilin Province 133000, People's Republic of China
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Soon-Hyung Lee;
Soon-Hyung Lee
Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. [email protected]
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Jong-Yil Chai
Jong-Yil Chai
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J Parasitol (2006) 92 (2): 223–229.
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Eun-Hee Shin, Il-Myung Kim, Jae-Lip Kim, Eun-Taek Han, Yun-Kyu Park, Yukifumi Nawa, Jina Kook, Soon-Hyung Lee, Jong-Yil Chai; MIGRATION OF NEODIPLOSTOMUM LEEI (DIGENEA: NEODIPLOSTOMIDAE) NEODIPLOSTOMULA TO THE LIVERS OF VARIOUS MAMMALS. J Parasitol 1 April 2006; 92 (2): 223–229. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-649R.1
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