Approaches to Research on the Systematics of Fish-Borne Trematodes
By Jitra Waikagul and Urusa Thaekham
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Approaches to Research on the Systematics of Fish-Borne Trematodes is a concise guide for systematic studies of the prevalence of fish-borne trematodes both in the endemic areas and experimental laboratories. It includes methods to identify species of fish-borne trematodes to enhance the precision of research studies based on the metacercarial stage.
Misidentification of trematode species is a common occurrence when researchers are new to the field and have no guidance. Consequentially, sometimes publications report inaccurate prevalence rates of these parasites. This compact guide gives clear direction on:
- Collection of parasites in the final hosts
- Collection of cercaria from snail first intermediate hosts
- Collection of metacercaria from fish hosts
- Molecular identification of parasites
- Systematics of fish-borne trematodes
- Provides research guidelines and protocols for studying systematics of fish-borne trematodes using both morphological and molecular data
- Presents keys to enable identification of metacercariae of fish-borne trematodes in the Greater Mekong subregion
Jitra Waikagul
JitraWaikagul has been a specialist in helminthology of the Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand, since 1971. She holds a B.Sc. (Zoology) from Chulalongkorn University, an M.Sc. (Tropical Medicine) from Mahidol University, an M.Sc. (Parasitology) from Queensland University, Australia, and a Ph.D. (Medical Science) from Hiroshima University, Japan. Her research contributes to expanding knowledge of the biology and taxonomy of zoonotic helminthes, in particulars fish- and crustacean-borne tremotodes.
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Approaches to Research on the Systematics of Fish-Borne Trematodes - Jitra Waikagul
Preface
Jitra Waikagul and Urusa Thaenkham
Bangkok
Approaches to research on the systematics of fish-borne trematodes
is aimed to serve as a guide book for the student in Parasitology, Biology, or Molecular Biology, or for any young researcher who is interested in studying fish-borne trematodes, in particular on their morphological identification and genetic makeup.
In-depth knowledge of medically important fish-borne trematodes is well known in their endemic regions, but some coexistent species are not known or have been reported as the better-known species. Eggs of small liver and minute intestinal flukes are similar in morphology and sizes, causing difficulty in microscopic diagnosis. On the other hand, many species of minute intestinal flukes exist in the same regions, and some of these concomitant species are not known to laboratory workers and may be reported as the well-known species in the area. Hence the present knowledge may not reflect the true situation: in particular, the prevalence of major species of fish-borne trematodes—small liver flukes may be overreported, while intestinal flukes may be underreported. It is important to realize the gap and to work to produce new knowledge to bridge the gap existing at present.
The authors would like to thank members of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University—Tippayarat Yoonuan for the photographs, and Wijak Anowannaphan and Akkarin Poodeepiyasawat for their technical assistance on the illustrations.
December 2013
Chapter 1
Medically Important Fish-Borne Zoonotic Trematodes
Trematodes transmitted through fish are reviewed and species naturally infecting humans are listed. Their medical importance, geographical distribution, and animal hosts are summarized. The most important group is liver flukes: Amphimerus sp., Clonorchis sinensis, Metorchis spp., and Opisthorchis spp. The others are clinostomes, echinostomes, heterophyids, and nanophyetids. The human infection Amphimerus sp. can be found in Ecuador; and Ascocotyle longa is a heterophyid that can be found in Latin American countries. Apophallus donicus, Metorchis conjunctus, and Nanophyetus salmincola can be found in North America; Opisthorchis felineus, Metorchis bilis, and Nanophyetus s. schikhobalowi exist in Europe and Northeast Asia. The species that can be found in Asia are Clonorchis sinensis, Metorchis orientalis, Opisthorchis noverca, O. viverrini, clinostomes, echinostomes, and most heterophyids.
Keywords
human species; fish-borne trematodes; small liver flukes; intestinal flukes; animal hosts; geographic distribution; clinical manifestation; treatment
The trematode or fluke—a flatworm in the phylum Platyhelminthes—has a dorsoventrally flattened, leaf-like body. The medically important species belong to the subclass Digenea, the endoparasites of vertebrates. A digenean trematode has a complicated life cycle, which comprises adult and several developing stages: egg, miracidium, sporocyst, redia, cercaria, and metacercaria. They utilize a minimum of two hosts (blood flukes). The final or definitive host for adults and the snail’s first intermediate host occurs in the stage cercaria, which is an infective stage. For other flukes, their life cycles include a second intermediate host that contaminates with the parasite’s infective stage: the metacercaria. The genus Alaria of family Diplostomatidae has an additional developing stage, mesocercaria, which is a stage between the cercaria and metacercaria stages.¹
The trematodes utilize fish as their second intermediate host; the so-called fish-borne trematodes comprise about 12 families: Acanthocolpidae Lühe, 1909; Bucephalidae Poche, 1907; Clinostomatidae Luhe, 1901; Cryptogonimidae Ciurea, 1933; Cyathocotylidae Poche, 1926; Diplostomatidae Poirier, 1886; Echinostomatidae Looss, 1902; Heterophyidae Odhner, 1914; Opisthorchiidae Braun, 1901; Psilostomatidae Odhner, 1913; Strigeidae Railliet, 1919; and Troglotrematidae Odhner, 1914. However, not all families are known to infect humans; those fish-borne trematodes that have been reported in man are in 5 families: Clinostomatidae, Echinostomidae, Heterophyidae, Opisthorchiidae, and Troglotrematidae. Among those that infect the human species, the opisthorchid fluke has the most public health importance; it has been recognized as a type I carcinogen, and chronic infection by this liver fluke leads to cholangiocarcinoma development. The heterophyid intestinal fluke sometimes coexists in the endemic region of the liver fluke and can cause confusion in diagnosis and prevalence since eggs of both the opisthorchid and heterophyid flukes are similar. Nanophyetid infections have been reported in North America and eastern Siberia. Clinostome and fish-borne echinostome are considered minor in man.
1.1 Major Fish-Borne Trematodes
1.1.1 Opisthorchiidae
The liver fluke in the family Opisthorchiidae comprises 4 genera distributed in America, Asia, and Europe (Table 1.1, Fig. 1.1). Infections by the following species have been reported in man: Amphimerus pseudofelineus (Ward, 1901) Barker, 1911, and Metorchis conjunctus (Cobbold, 1860) in America; Clonorchis sinensis (Cobbold, 1875) Looss, 1907, Metorchis orientalis (Tanabe, 1921), Opisthorchis noverca (Braun, 1903), and O. viverrini (Poirier, 1886) Stiles & Hassall, 1896, in Asia; and Metorchis bilis (Braun, 1893), C. sinensis, and O. felineus (Rivolta, 1884) Blanchard, 1895, in Europe.
Table 1.1
Geographical Distribution of Fish-Borne Zoonotic Trematodes
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