Studies on American Paragonimiasis. IV. Observations on the Pairing of Adult Worms in Laboratory Infections of Domestic Cats
- 1 August 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 52 (4) , 701-+
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3276435
Abstract
Observatiosn are reported on the pairing of Paragonimus kellicotti Ward, 1908, in laboratory infections of 19 domestic cats. In 4 of 6 cases in which single metacercariae were fed 8 weeks previous to subsequent reexposure to another metacercaria, the worms were able to locate one another and become established in the lung cyst of the definitive host and the infections became patient. The role of pairing and the attraction between worms is discussed.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Studies on American Paragonimiasis. I. Age Immunity of the Snail HostJournal of Parasitology, 1965