Infección experimental del hámster (Mesocricetus auratus) con metacercarias de paragonimus mexicanus (peruvianus) / Experimental infection in hamsters (Mesocricetusauratus) by Paragonimus mexicanus peruvianus) metacercariae

RESUMEN

Un hámster hembra adulta infectada oralmente con 11 metacercarias de paragonimus mexicanus (peruvianus) murió a los 10 días de ser infectado. A la autopsia del animal, se observaron y recuperaron 5 ejemplares juveniles de paragonimus mexicanus (peruvianus) aún móviles 2 en tejido pulmonar, 2 en cavidad toráxica y 1 en tejido graso del peritoneo abdominal.

ABSTRACT

An adult female hamster orally infected with 11 Paragonimus mexicanus (peruvianus) metacercariae spontaneously died after 10 days. When the autopsy was performed, 5 young and still mobile Paragonimus mexicanus (peruvianus) forms were recovered 2 were found in lung tissue, two in the thoracic cavity, and one in the fat tissue from abdominal peritoneum.