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1 February 2005 SUSCEPTIBILITY OF INBRED MOUSE STRAINS TO INFECTION WITH THREE SPECIES OF METAGONIMUS PREVALENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Sang-Mee Guk, Jin-Young Park, Min Seo, Eun-Taek Han, Jae-Lip Kim, Jong-Yil Chai
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Abstract

Susceptibility of inbred mouse strains to Metagonimus yokogawai, Metagonimus miyatai, and Metagonimus takahashii infections was studied using BALB/c, ddY, C57BL/6J, C3H/HeN, and A/J mice, with H-2 haplotypes d, s, b, k, and a, respectively. Two hundred metacercariae were orally fed to each mouse, and the worm recovery rates (WRR), worm dimensions, and intrauterine egg numbers were measured at days 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 postinfection (PI). On day 14 PI, the WRR of M. yokogawai was highest in ddY mice (average, 62.2%); those of M. miyatai and M. takahashii were highest in ddY (19.5%) and BALB/c mice (10.4%), respectively; worm maturation was best in C3H/HeN (M. yokogawai), C57BL/6J (M. miyatai), and ddY mice (M. takahashii). All mouse strains showed higher susceptibility to infection with M. yokogawai than with M. miyatai or M. takahashii. The results show that susceptibility of mice to Metagonimus infection varies according to mouse strain and parasite species but is suggested to be independent of the mouse H-2 haplotype.

Sang-Mee Guk, Jin-Young Park, Min Seo, Eun-Taek Han, Jae-Lip Kim, and Jong-Yil Chai "SUSCEPTIBILITY OF INBRED MOUSE STRAINS TO INFECTION WITH THREE SPECIES OF METAGONIMUS PREVALENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA," Journal of Parasitology 91(1), 12-16, (1 February 2005). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-367R
Received: 25 March 2004; Accepted: 1 June 2004; Published: 1 February 2005
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