Rhabditis elongata Schneider, 1866 from students in Korea
Won-Koo Lee,Won Yong Choi and Ok-Ran Lee
Department of Parasitlogy, Catholic Medical College and Catholic Institute for Parasitic Diseases, Korea.
Abstract
As the result of a fecal examination performed in October 1978 on 320 middle and high school students of Hapcheon, Korea, we found 2 cases of Rhabditis nematodes in 16-year old high school girls.
Rhabditis nematodes isolated from their feces were cultured at 30℃ by a filter paper culture method. After careful observation of male and female adults, we confirmed them as Rhabditis elongata Schneider, 1866 on the morphological basis of the male genitalia, and the papillae and measurements of various parts of the worm bodies.
Keywords: human.
Figures
Fig. 1 Rhadbitis dlongata Schneider, 1866 A. Female B. male C. tail of mele D. Couplatory spicules of male
Tables
Table 1 Measurements (in micra) of males and females of Rhadbitis dlongata from Hapcheon, Korea
Table 2 Comparison of body length to different parts of body rations
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