Blair D, Xu ZB, Agatsuma T, 1999. Paragonimiasis and the genus Paragonimus. Adv Parasitol 42: 113– 222.
Blair D, Agatsuma T, Wang W, 2007. Paragonimiasis. Murrell KD, Fried B, eds. Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses. World Class Parasites. Volume 11. New York: Springer, 117– 150.
Nawa Y, Thaenkham U, Doanh PN, Blair D, 2012. Paragonimus westermani and related species. Encyclopedia of Food Safety. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
World Health Organization, 1995. Control of foodborne trematode infections. Report of a WHO Study Group. World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser 849: 1– 157.
Vanijanonta S, Radomyos P, Bunnag D, Harinasuta T, 1981. Pulmonary paragonimiasis with expectoration of worms: a case report. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 12: 104– 106.
Waikagul J, 2007. A new species of Paragonimus (Trematoda: Troglotrematidae) from a cat infected with metacercariae from mountain crabs Larnaudia larnaudii. J Parasitol 93: 1496– 1500.
Thaenkham U, Waikagul J, 2008. Molecular phylogenetic relationship of Paragonimus pseudoheterotremus. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 39: 217– 221.
Thompson JD, Higgins DG, Gibson TJ, 1994. CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice. Nucleic Acids Res 22: 4673– 4680.
Tamura K, Dudley J, Nei M, Kumar S, 2007. MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0. Mol Biol Evol 24: 1596– 1599.
Vajrasthira S, 1986. Paragonimiasis. Proceeding the 25th Anniversary of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand, 98– 104.
Dekumyoy P, Waikagul J, Eom KS, 1998. Human lung fluke Paragonimus heterotremus: differential diagnosis between Paragonimus heterotremus and Paragonimus westermani infections by EITB. Trop Med Int Health 3: 52– 56.
Nawa Y, 1998. Histopathological and immunological diagnosis for parasitic zoonoses. Ishikura E, Aikawa M, Itakura H, eds. Host Response to International Parasitic Zoonoses. Tokyo: Springer, 39– 52.
Miyazaki I, Harinasuta T, 1966. The first case of human paragonimiasis caused by Paragonimus heterotremus. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 60: 509– 514.
Cheunsuchon B, Mahakittikun V, Junnoo V, 1998. Paragonimiasis: a case report from Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. Siriraj Hosp Gaz 50: 115– 118.
Le TH, Van De N, Blair D, McManus DP, Kino H, Agatsuma T, 2006. Paragonimus heterotremus Chen and Hsia (1964), in Vietnam: a molecular identification and relationships of isolates from different hosts and geographical origins. Acta Trop 98: 25– 33.
Doanh PN, Dung DT, Thach DT, Horii Y, Shinohara A, Nawa Y, 2011. Human paragonimiasis in Viet Nam: epidemiological survey and identification of the responsible species by DNA sequencing of eggs in patients' sputum. Parasitol Int 60: 534– 537.
Miyazaki I, Fontan S, 1970. Mature Paragonimus heterotremus found from a man in Laos. Kisechugaku Zasshi 19: 109– 113.
Yahiro S, Habe S, Duong V, Odermatt P, Barennes H, Strobel M, Nakamura S, 2008. Identification of the human paragonimiasis causative agent in Lao People's Democratic Republic. J Parasitol 94: 1176– 1177.
Devi KR, Narain K, Bhattacharya S, Negmu K, Agatsuma T, Blair D, Wickramashinghe S, Mahanta J, 2007. Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis due to Paragonimus heterotremus: molecular diagnosis, prevalence of infection and clinicoradiological features in an endemic area of northeastern India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 101: 786– 792.
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Paragonimiasis is an important food-borne parasitic zoonosis caused by infection with lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus. In Southeast Asia, Paragonimus heterotremus is the only proven causative pathogen. Recently, a new Paragonimus species, P. pseudoheterotremus, was found in Thailand. This species is genetically similar to P. heterotremus and is considered as a sister species. However, infectivity or pathogenicity of P. pseudoheterotremus to humans remains unclear. We report the first confirmed human pulmonary paragonimiasis case caused by P. pseudoheterotremus infection. After polymerase chain reaction/sequencing of the DNA extracted from Paragonimus eggs in the sputum of the patient, partial internal transcribed spacer 2 and cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 sequences were approximately identical (98–100%) with those of P. pseudoheterotremus. For P. heterotremus, the partial internal transcribed spacer 2 sequence was approximately identical (99–100%), but the partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 sequence showed a similarity of 90–95%.
Financial support: This study was supported by the National Science and Technology Development Agency (Discovery Based Development Grant), the Higher Education Research Promotion and National Research University Project of Thailand, Office of the Higher Education Commission, and the Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
Authors' addresses: Pewpan M. Intapan, Oranuch Sanpool, and Wanchai Maleewong, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Research and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand, E-mails: pewpan@kku.ac.th, chimy_6891@hotmail.com, and wanch_ma@kku.ac.th. Tongjit Thanchomnang, Faculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham, Thailand, E-mail: thanchomnang@yahoo.com. Kanokwan Imtawil, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, E-mail: kanjan@kku.ac.th. Chatlert Pongchaiyakul, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, E-mail: pchatl@kku.ac.th. Yukifumi Nawa, Research Division, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, E-mail: yukinawa@kku.ac.th.
Blair D, Xu ZB, Agatsuma T, 1999. Paragonimiasis and the genus Paragonimus. Adv Parasitol 42: 113– 222.
Blair D, Agatsuma T, Wang W, 2007. Paragonimiasis. Murrell KD, Fried B, eds. Food-Borne Parasitic Zoonoses. World Class Parasites. Volume 11. New York: Springer, 117– 150.
Nawa Y, Thaenkham U, Doanh PN, Blair D, 2012. Paragonimus westermani and related species. Encyclopedia of Food Safety. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
World Health Organization, 1995. Control of foodborne trematode infections. Report of a WHO Study Group. World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser 849: 1– 157.
Vanijanonta S, Radomyos P, Bunnag D, Harinasuta T, 1981. Pulmonary paragonimiasis with expectoration of worms: a case report. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 12: 104– 106.
Waikagul J, 2007. A new species of Paragonimus (Trematoda: Troglotrematidae) from a cat infected with metacercariae from mountain crabs Larnaudia larnaudii. J Parasitol 93: 1496– 1500.
Thaenkham U, Waikagul J, 2008. Molecular phylogenetic relationship of Paragonimus pseudoheterotremus. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 39: 217– 221.
Thompson JD, Higgins DG, Gibson TJ, 1994. CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice. Nucleic Acids Res 22: 4673– 4680.
Tamura K, Dudley J, Nei M, Kumar S, 2007. MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0. Mol Biol Evol 24: 1596– 1599.
Vajrasthira S, 1986. Paragonimiasis. Proceeding the 25th Anniversary of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand, 98– 104.
Dekumyoy P, Waikagul J, Eom KS, 1998. Human lung fluke Paragonimus heterotremus: differential diagnosis between Paragonimus heterotremus and Paragonimus westermani infections by EITB. Trop Med Int Health 3: 52– 56.
Nawa Y, 1998. Histopathological and immunological diagnosis for parasitic zoonoses. Ishikura E, Aikawa M, Itakura H, eds. Host Response to International Parasitic Zoonoses. Tokyo: Springer, 39– 52.
Miyazaki I, Harinasuta T, 1966. The first case of human paragonimiasis caused by Paragonimus heterotremus. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 60: 509– 514.
Cheunsuchon B, Mahakittikun V, Junnoo V, 1998. Paragonimiasis: a case report from Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. Siriraj Hosp Gaz 50: 115– 118.
Le TH, Van De N, Blair D, McManus DP, Kino H, Agatsuma T, 2006. Paragonimus heterotremus Chen and Hsia (1964), in Vietnam: a molecular identification and relationships of isolates from different hosts and geographical origins. Acta Trop 98: 25– 33.
Doanh PN, Dung DT, Thach DT, Horii Y, Shinohara A, Nawa Y, 2011. Human paragonimiasis in Viet Nam: epidemiological survey and identification of the responsible species by DNA sequencing of eggs in patients' sputum. Parasitol Int 60: 534– 537.
Miyazaki I, Fontan S, 1970. Mature Paragonimus heterotremus found from a man in Laos. Kisechugaku Zasshi 19: 109– 113.
Yahiro S, Habe S, Duong V, Odermatt P, Barennes H, Strobel M, Nakamura S, 2008. Identification of the human paragonimiasis causative agent in Lao People's Democratic Republic. J Parasitol 94: 1176– 1177.
Devi KR, Narain K, Bhattacharya S, Negmu K, Agatsuma T, Blair D, Wickramashinghe S, Mahanta J, 2007. Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis due to Paragonimus heterotremus: molecular diagnosis, prevalence of infection and clinicoradiological features in an endemic area of northeastern India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 101: 786– 792.
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