PARAGONIMUS GONDWANENSIS N. SP. (DIGENEA, PARAGONIMIDAE), PARASITE OF MAMMALS (HUMANS AND CARNIVORES) IN CAMEROON

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https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2014.1.34

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Paragonimus gondwanensis n. sp., Cameroon, paragonimiasis.

Abstract

Paragonimus gondwanensis n. sp. (hitherto undescribed) is reported from the lungs of naturally infected cat (Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758) and civet [Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776)] from Cameroon. Its description is based on the morphology of adult worms but also, on the dimension of fresh, living eggs released from naturally and experimentally infected cats and hospitalized patients (in the metraterm of worms, emitted in the beginning of prepatent period and laid by living worm), length of prepatent period and duration of eggs incubation. The presence of this species in human patients is confirmed

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