Lotfy W M, El-Morshedy H N, Abou El-Hoda M, El-Tawila M M, Omar E A, Farag H F
Parasitology Department, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, 165 El-Horreya Avenue, Alexandria, Egypt.
Vet Parasitol. 2002 Feb 4;103(4):323-32. doi: 10.1016/s0304-4017(01)00613-6.
Reports on the species of Fasciola present in the Nile Delta, Egypt, appear controversial. Some authors reported the presence of both Fasciola gigantica and Fasciola hepatica, others reported F. gigantica only and mentioned that F. hepatica was found only in imported animals. This study was an attempt to identify the species of Fasciola flukes collected from locally bred animals. Morphologic, morphoanatomic, morphometric, and chemotaxonomic criteria of the fluke isolates were studied. Speciation based on morphologic and morphometric data was not decisive due to overlap in the values of most measurements. Morphoanatomic data proved the presence of both the species, and isoelectric focusing (IEF) of fluke soluble protein confirmed the presence of both F. gigantica and F. hepatica in Egypt.
关于埃及尼罗河三角洲存在的片形吸虫种类的报告似乎存在争议。一些作者报告说同时存在巨片形吸虫和肝片形吸虫,另一些作者只报告了巨片形吸虫,并提到肝片形吸虫仅在进口动物中发现。本研究旨在鉴定从本地养殖动物中采集的片形吸虫种类。对吸虫分离株的形态学、形态解剖学、形态测量学和化学分类学标准进行了研究。基于形态学和形态测量数据的物种形成并不具有决定性,因为大多数测量值存在重叠。形态解剖学数据证明了两种吸虫的存在,吸虫可溶性蛋白的等电聚焦(IEF)证实了埃及同时存在巨片形吸虫和肝片形吸虫。