A study was carried out to evaluate the @entity5698 in southern Korea as reservoir host of intestinal @entity2439 , in 13 different areas: 7 in inland and 6 in brackish-water zones, during the period from August 1980 to August 1981. A total of 170 @entity5698 was captured; 101 @entity35 from inland and 69 from brackish-water zones. They consisted of 129 @entity35 , 22 @entity5698 rufescens, and 19 unidentified. The infection status of the @entity35 were as follows: 1. Total 29 @entity35 (17.1%) were infected by one or more kinds of intestinal @entity2439 ; 27 from inland and 2 from brackish-water zones by areas. @entity35 in inland were more heavily infected. 2. The intestinal @entity2439 collected from @entity35 were identified as Echinostoma hortense, E. cinetorchis, Plagiorchis muris, Fibricola seoulensis, @entity2440 and Metagonimus yokogawai. 3. As a reservoir host, the @entity35 were very important in Echinostoma hortense and E. cinetorchis infection. @entity35 infected with these @entity2439 were found widely in southern Korea, and its infection rates were the highest among the discriminated flukes. 4. In this study, no @entity35 were found to be infected with Heterophyes and Pygidiopsis even in endemic areas. The negligible importance of @entity35 as reservoir host of these heterophyid should be reevaluated in the future.

Studies On Parasitic Helminths Of Korea 5.Survey On Intestinal Trematodes Of XXXX .

@entity35 :: ('10116', 'Species') :: ['Rats', 'Rattus norvegicus', 'rats'] @entity2439 :: ('MESH:D014201', 'Disease') :: ['trematodes'] @entity5698 :: ('10117', 'Species') :: ['R. rattus', 'house rats'] @entity2440 :: ('79923', 'Species') :: ['Clonorchis sinensis']
@entity5698 :: (10117,Species) :: ['House Rats']
