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Table 5 Prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini and minute intestinal flukes (MIF) metacercariae in cyprinoid fish from Done Khon and Done Som islands

From: Transmission of Opisthorchis viverrini, Schistosoma mekongi and soil-transmitted helminthes on the Mekong Islands, Southern Lao PDR

Scientific name

Species

Lao name

No. exam.\

No. of fish infected

O. viverrini

positive (%)

No. of O. viverrini metacercariae

Mean, SD (range)

No. of fish infected

MIF

positive (%)

No. of MIF

metacercariae

Mean, SD (range)

Weight (gram)

Mean, SD (range)

Morulius chrysophekadion

Pa phea

1

1 (100.0)

2.0, na

0

0

138 (na)

Hampala dispa

Pa soud

101

88 (87.1)

112.1, ± 188.0 (3–1468)

9 (8.9)

8.6, ± 10.6 (1–48)

11.4, ± 11.1 (1.9–66.4)

Cyclocheilichthys apogon

Pa dok-ngew

21

18 (85.7)

168.7, ± 283.9 (2–984)

5 (23.8)

6.4, ± 4.4 (2–12)

7.1, ± 4.6 (1.5–20.1)

Puntius brevis

Pa khao-mon

100

40 (40.0)

120.2, ± 322.2 (1–1940)

22 (22.2)

10.7, ± 10.9 (1–48)

8.5, ± 9.3 (1.1–39.1)

Henicorhynchus lineatus

Pa soi

14

3 (21.4)

31, ± 37.3 (7–74)

0

0

11.8, ± 5.3 (3.7–23)

Barbonymus gonionotus

Pa pak-khao

16

2 (13.0)

10, ± 7.1 (5–15)

0

0

38.2, ± 25.5 (3.9–84.9)

Barbonymus altus

Pa wien-fai

17

2 (11.8)

2.5, ± 0.7 (2–3)

0

0

21.5, ± 7.5 (2.9–36.1)

Poropuntius deauratus

Pa chad

163

10 (6.1)

21.6, ± 43.6 (1–142)

16 (9.8)

9.3, ± 12.6 (1–42)

14.3, ± 23.4 (1.4–148.6)

Puntioplites falcifer

Pa sa-khang

34

2 (6.0)

6.0, ± 5.7 (2–10)

1 (2.9)

2.0, na

19.2, ± 8.8 (3.3–38.7)

Scaphognathops bandanensis

Pa pieng

40

2 (5.0)

1.5, ± 0.7 (1–2)

2 (5.0)

7.5, ± 7.8 (2–13)

33.1, ± 14.9 (6.2–68.7)

Albulichthys albuloides

Pa ta-sai

69

1 (1.5)

1, na

22 (31.9)

19.7, ± 34.9 (1–132)

14.4, ± 5.3 (4.9–27.9)

Opsarius koratensis

Pa sew-oua

16

0

0

1 (6.3)

2.0, na

6.3, ± 5.3 (1.9–14.6)

Paralaubuca typus

Pa tab

5

0

0

1 (20.0)

2.0, na

8.5, ± 5.1 (5.1–17.3)

Mystacoleucus atridorsalis

Pa lang-khon

9

0

0

0

0

9.1, ± 14.1 (1.4–36.9)

Cyclocheilichthys enoplus

Pa choox

5

0

0

0

0

30.7, ± 11.9 (18.6–48.6)

Luciosoma bleekeri

Pa mak-vai

4

0

0

0

0

26.1, ± 3.9 (23.7–31.9)

Osteochilus melanopleurus

Pa nok-khao

3

0

0

0

0

8.8, ± 9.7 (2.8–20)

Raiamas guttatus

Pa sa-nak

3

0

0

0

0

38.6, ± 29.8 (10–69.4)

Probarbus labeamajor

Pa oearn

1

0

0

0

0

45.9 (na)

Trichogaster trichopterus a

Pa ka-deuth

5

0

0

0

0

4.6, ± 2.4 (2.3–7.8)

Anabas testudineus b

Pa kheng

1

0

0

1 (100)

3.0, na

9.7 (na)

Total

 

628

169 (26.9)

106.9 ± 228.7 (1–1940)

12.7

11.9, ±20.7 (1–132)

15.0, ±17.4 (1.1–148.6)

  1. Belongs to the
  2. aOsphronemidae and
  3. bAnabantidae family, NA Not appropriate, SD standard deviation, No Numb