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SUBMITTER: Fischer PU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3110363 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fischer Peter U PU Curtis Kurt C KC Marcos Luis A LA Weil Gary J GJ
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20110601 6
Human paragonimiasis is an emerging disease in Missouri. To characterize local parasites, we examined crayfish from three rivers. Metacercaeriae consistent with Paragonimus kellicotti were detected in 69%, 67%, and 37% of crayfish from the Big Piney, Huzzah, and Black Rivers, respectively. Sequencing of the second internal transcribed spacer and other DNA markers confirmed the species identification and the presence of identical parasite sequences in clinical specimens from two human cases. Mong ...[more]