Start Over

Prevalence of fish-borne zoonotic trematode infection in Jilin Province, China.

Authors :: Wang Y
Wang X
Gong P
Yu Y
Zhang N
Ren Y
Ma Y
Zhao Z
Zhang X
Li X
Li J
Source :: International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife [Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl] 2022 Apr 16; Vol. 18, pp. 52-60. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 16 (Print Publication: 2022).
Publication Year :: 2022
Abstract: Fish-borne zoonotic trematodes (FZTs) are the most serious food-borne parasites in Asia and have become a burden to public health and a new challenge in food safety. In Jilin Province, China, the prevalence of FZTs in intermediate and definitive hosts has not been extensively explored. In the present study, we investigated the prevalence of FZTs in Jilin Province, China. From July to November 2020, a total of 132 freshwater snails (the first intermediate host of FZTs), 4122 wild freshwater fishes (the second intermediate host of FZTs) and 143 fecal samples from canines, ducks and swine (the definitive host of FZTs) were collected from the Yitong River basin of Jilin Province. FZT species were identified by morphological observation combined with internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence analysis. The prevalence of FZTs was then calculated. The results showed that the prevailing species of FZTs in Jilin Province, China, were Clonorchis sinensis, Metorchis orientalis and Echinochasmus japonicus. The total prevalence of FZTs was 29.74% (1226/4122) in fish, the total infection rates were 2.27% (3/132) in snails, 75.00% (21/28) in canines and 37.18% (29/78) in ducks. The coinfection rates of the two trematodes were 13.39% (552/4122) in fish, 35.71% (10/28) in canines and 7.69% (6/78) in ducks. The coinfection rate of the three flukes was 2.60% (107/4122) in fish. Nine of the 12 fish species examined were infected with FZT metacercariae.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (© 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Australian Society for Parasitology.)