• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2007

To know the prevalence of heterophyid trematodes among inhabitants of a southern coastal village, i.e., Sacho-ri, Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do(Province), 82 stool samples were examined on helminth eggs and protozoan cysts using Kato-Katz and formalin-ether sedimentation techniques. Total 33 people(40.2%) were positive for trematodes(Heterophyes nocens; 15 people, Pygidiopsis summa; 3, Metagonimus sp.; 4, Clonorchis sinensis; 7, Gymnophalloides seoi; 6) and/or protozoa(Entamoeba coli; 3). Among intestinal trematode egg positive cases, 17 were treated with praziquantel and their whole diarrheic stools were collected after purgation. Adult flukes of H. nocens(number of specimens=1,294), P. summa(386), Stellantchasmus falcatus(5), Stictodora lari(4), and Heterophyopsis continua(1) were collected using a stereomicroscope. To know the source of human H. nocens infections in this village, metacercarial infections in mullets(10) were examined and most H. nocens metacercariae(101/105, 96.2%) were found in the trunk portion. From above results, the surveyed coastal village has been newly known as an endemic focus of human H. nocens infection and consuming raw mullets was the presumable source of human heterophyid infections.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.79-101
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• 2023

Following recent taxonomic, distributional, and nomenclatural revisions, an updated checklist of endemic plants on the Korean Peninsula is needed. This study provides an updated checklist of vascular plants endemic to the Korean Peninsula and describes their distribution within administrative provinces. The revised checklist includes 373 endemic taxa (304 species, six subspecies, 49 varieties, and 14 nothospecies) from 179 genera and 64 families, representing 9.5% of the total native flora of the Korean Peninsula. Asteraceae (41 taxa), Ranunculaceae (29 taxa), Liliaceae s.l. (24 taxa), and Rosaceae (22 taxa) were the most widely represented families. Compared with the most recent checklist published in 2017, 39 taxa were excluded from the checklist; one taxon was excluded because it did not have a valid published name, seven taxa were excluded because their natural habitats extended to neighboring countries, four taxa were excluded because they were treated as a rank form, and 27 taxa were excluded because they had been identified as heterotypic synonyms of taxa distributed outside of the Korean Peninsula. Fifty-two new taxa were included based on the literature. This checklist will help to focus conservation efforts and provide a framework for research, protection, and policy implementation related to these endemic taxa.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2007

A new endemic focus of Gymnophalloides seoi infection has been discovered on Aphae Island(Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do), Republic of Korea. This area, which is referred to as Bokyong-ri, is a small seashore village located in the northern portion of the island. Fecal samples were collected from a total of 57 residents and examined by the Kato-Katz and formalin-ether sedimentation techniques. Helminth eggs were detected in 37 samples(64.9%); 33 samples were positive for G. seoi eggs(57.9%), 4 for Pygidiopsis summa(7.0%), 13 for other heterophyids(22.8%), 1 for Clonorchis sinensis(1.7%), and 1 for Trichuris trichiura(1.7%). Women(70.4%) revealed higher rates of G. seoi infection than did men(46.7%), and individuals older than 50 years of age also evidenced higher rates of G. seoi infection than in other age groups(P<0.05). In worm collection from 13 G. seoi egg positive cases, G. seoi (total 86,558 specimens), Heterophyes nocens(278), Stictodora sp.(10), Heterophyopsis continua(3), P. summa(3), and unidentified flukes(42) were collected. Oysters, the source of G. seoi infection, were collected from an area proximal to the village and 50 were examined for metacercariae; 47(94%) were found infected and the observed metacercarial density was $9.5{\pm}8.9$ per oyster. The results of this study indicate that Bokyong-ri is a new endemic area of G. seoi infection, with high rates of infection in humans and oysters.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.271-274
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• 1994

경남 산청군 생비량면 가계리 주민의 대변검사를 modified Kato's cellophane thick smear와 formalin-ether concentration technique로 1987년 11월과 1993년 4월에 실시하였다. 1987년 주민 76명 중 간흡충 감염자는 61명(80.3%)이었으며 EPG 평균은 27.781이었다. 간흡충 충란 양성자들에게 praziquantel 60 mg/kg을 1회 투여하였다. 요꼬가와흡충 감염자는 17명(22.4%)이었으며 간흡충에 동시감염되어 있었다 1993년, 간흡충 감염율은 48.4%이었으며 평균 EPG는 5.929 이었다. 추적조사된 주민중 55.2%가 5년 5개월 동안에 간흡충에 재감염되어 있었다. 요꼬가와흡 충감염자는 3.2%이었다. 이 부락은 간흡충의 재감염이 높게 일어나고 있는 유행지이었다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.599-602
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• 2013

A male patient with neurocysticercosis was identified in Montai Village, Xay District, Oudomxay Province, Lao PDR in February 2004. He had a history of diagnosis for neurocysticercosis by a CT scan in Thailand after an onset of epileptic seizure in 1993. A pig in the same district was found to contain Taenia solium metacestodes (=cysticerci); the slaughtered pig body contained more than 2,000 cysticerci. In addition to morphological identification, molecular identification was also performed on the cysticerci by DNA sequencing analysis of the mitochondrial cox1 gene; they were confirmed as T. solium metacestodes. The patient is regarded as an indigenous case of neurocysticercosis infected in an endemic focus of T. solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in Oudomxay Province, Lao PDR.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.483-493
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• 1989

Echinococcal or hydatid cyst is one of the most important zoonoses and commonly seen throughout the world, especially sheep and cattle raising areas, but rare in Korea. The causative organism, Echinococcus granulosus, is a small tapeworm and dogs are the usual source of infestation. Lung is the second most common focus for this disease, after liver. Recently, with increasing numbers of Koreans visiting to those endemic countries especially Middle East, the reports of hydatidosis are increasing. Authors experienced two cases of pulmonary hydatid cyst in the 31 year old male and 44 year old male who had a history of spending 2 * 3 years in Middle East. we found them in incidental routine chest X-ray.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.157-162
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• 1994

전라남도 신안군 도서지역의 한 작은 해안 마을이 유해이형흡충(Heterophyes nocens)의 농후한 인체 감염 유행지임이 우리 나라에서 최초로 확인되었다. 1989년부터 1990년에 걸쳐 마을 주민 230명 중 98명의 대변을 수집하여 셀로판후층도말법 및 포르말린-에테르 집란법을 병행하여 검사한 바 이형홉충류(heterophylds) 충란이 42명(42.9%)에서 검출되었다. 그러나 충란만으로는 이형흡충류의 종(species)을 진단할 수 없어 충란 양성자들에 대해 praziquantel 10mg/kg과 하제를 투여한 후 설사변으로부터 성충을 회수하였다. 충란 양성 자 42명 중 프라지콴텔 및 하제 투여에 협력한 18명 전원으로부터 충체 회수를 완료할 수 있었고, 유해이형흡충 충체 1-1, 124마리(총 4,730마리)를 수집할 수 있었다. 감염자들은 대부 분 다른 이형흡충류(Pygidiopsts summa, Stictodora fuscatum 등) 및 큰입흡충류 (gymnophallid) 특히 Gymnophalloides seoi에 중복 감염되어 있었다. 이번 연구 결과로 미루어 보아 유해이형흡충은 중간숙주인 숭어. 문절망둑 등을 즐겨 생식하고 있는 우리 나라 남 해안 및 서해안의 해안 마을에 널리 분포하고 있을 것으로 추측되었다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.233-238
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• 1997

전라남도 무안군의 한 해안 마을이 각종 장흡충류. 특히 유해이형흡충 (Heterophwes nocens) 및 표주박이형흡충 (Pygidiopsis summa)을 비롯한 이형흡충류의 새로운 유행지임을 확인하였다. 마을 주민 108명의 대변을 수집하여 셀로판후층 도말법 및 포르말린-에테르 집란법을 실시하여 검사한 결과 이형흡충류의 충란이 81명 (75.0%)에서 양성이었고. 다른 기생충들은 낮은 양성률을 보였다. 충체 퐁정을 위해 프라지관텔과 하제를 투여한 후 설사변으로부터 성충을 회수한 결과 하제 투여에 협력한 20떵 전원에서 유해이형흡충 총 3,86깊마리 (개인별로 3-1.338마리). 18명에서 표주박이형흡충 총 703마리 (1-170마리) 고리고 몇 가지 다른 장흡충류를 검출할 수 있었다. 다른 장흡충류로는 자루이 형흡충 (Stictodorojuscnta) 164마리를 4명에서 긴이 형흡충 (Heteropopsismntinua) 2마리를 2명에서. 참굴큰입흡충 (Gmophdoitsseoi) 깆마리를 3명 에서 각각 치수하였다 이상의 결과로 대상 지역인 전남 무안군의 해안 마을이 유해이형흡충 및 표쿠박이형흡충의 새고운 유행지임을 확인하였다 또한. 다른 장흡충류 감염자도 몇 명씩 발견할 수 있었던 점으로 보아 이 지역은 자루이형흡충. 긴이형흡충 및 참굴큰입흡충의 낮은 유행지임도 함께 시사하고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.275-284
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• 2010

Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is the act of deliberately harming your own body, such as cutting or burning yourself, without suicidal intent. It has especially become a problem among adolescents and college-age students in institutional settings such as boarding schools, Greek houses, detention centers and hospitals. We focus on contagion of DSH among adolescents and young adults by creating a deterministic epidemiological model. We study the impact of actual peer pressure, virtual peer pressure (the Internet) and treatment analytically in terms of a basic reproduction number through stability analysis of a system of ordinary differential equations. All parameters are approximated and results are also explored by simulations. The model shows that DSH is present in an endemic state in the population considered, and the control strategies are discussed.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.45-47
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• 2020

Tuberculosis of parotid gland is extremely rare, even in countries where tuberculosis is endemic. It can occur by systemic dissemination from a distant focus or as primary involvement. Because of the clinical and radiological similarity, parotid tumor and parotid inflammatory disease take priority over the tuberculosis of parotid when it comes to differential diagnosis. As a result, clinicians often fail to make a timely diagnosis of tuberculosis of parotid gland in patient with a slowly growing parotid mass. However, its treatment is primarily medical if the positive diagnosis is well established. We have recently experienced a case of tuberculosis of parotid gland that was considered as the benign tumor preoperatively, but which was confirmed as tuberculosis of parotid gland after extracapsular dissection. We report it with a review of literature.