RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN RHESUS-MONKEYS EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED WITH AFRICAN LUNG FLUKES(PARAGONIMUS-AFRICANUS AND PARAGONIMUS-UTEROBILATERALIS)

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 28  (2) , 145-148
Abstract
The radiographic pattern in the course of experimentally infected Rhesus monkeys [Macaca mulatta] with the 2 African fluke species P. africanus and P. uterobilateralis consist of hilar dilatation, streaky, patchy or diffuse shadows, cavities, atelectases and pleural reactions. All animals develop changes in both lungs, those infected with P. africanus preferentially in the lower parts. There is an obvious correlation with the autopsy findings in the same animals as well as radiological features in human infections in the endemic area.