• Main Author: Terry A. Klein
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Norway; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.664.3028; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2735701/pdf/kjp-47-311.pdf?origin%3Dpublication_detail

Trematodes of the family Echinostomatidae, i.e., echinostomes, are intestinal parasites of animals, which can infect humans, are an important group of food-borne zoonotic parasites around the world [1]. A total of 20 species belonging to 9 genera are known to cause human infections, and among them, 7 species of Echinostoma and 5 species of Echinochasmus are the most com-mon and important groups affecting humans and animals [1]. Natural definitive hosts for these echinostomes are known to be, in most cases, birds and mammals including rodents [1]. In the Republic of Korea (ROK), several studies have been performed on echinostome infections in rodents [2-6], cats [7, 8], and dogs [9]. Among rodent surveys, Echinostoma hortense, Echinostoma cinetorchis, and Euparyphium murinum infections were reported from Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat), Rattus rattus alexan-drines (roof rat), A. agrarius, Mus musculus yamashinai (common