• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.161-164
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• 2005

A survey was performed in order to determine the infection status of the metacercariae of heterophyid fluke in two goby species, Boleophthalmus pectinirostris and Scartelaos sp., collected from Gangjin-gun, and Shinan­gun, Sooncheon-shi, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea. A total of three metacercariae of Heterophyopsis continua was found in only one B. pectinirostris $(10.0\%)$ from Gangjin-gun. Heterophyes nocens metacercariae were detected in 24 B. pectinirostris $(96.0\%)$ and 14 Scartelaos sp. $(63.6\%)$ from Shinan-gun. Heterophyopsis continua metacercariae were found in 11 B. pectinirostris $(44.0\%)$ and 21 Scartelaos sp. $(95.5\%)$ from Shinan-gun. Stictodora fuscata metacercariae were detected in 18 B. pectinirostris $(72.0\%)$ from Shinan-gun. No metacercariae were detected in 20 B. pectinirostris from Sooncheon-shi. From the above results, this study is the first to prove that B. pectinirostris and Scartelaos sp. serve as the second intermediate hosts of some heterophyid flukes in Korea.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.291-294
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• 2014

Acanthotrema felis is an intestinal trematode of cats originally reported from the Republic of Korea. Only 1 human case infected with a single adult worm has been previously recorded. In the present study, we report 4 human cases infected with a total of 10 worms recovered after anthelmintic treatment and purging. All 4 patients reside in coastal areas of Jeollanam-do, Korea, and have consumed brackish water fish including the gobies, Acanthogobius flavimanus. The worms averaged 0.47 mm in length and 0.27 mm in width, and had 3 sclerites on the ventrogenital sac; 1 was short and thumb-like, another was long and blunt-ended, and the 3rd was long and broad-tipped. They were identified as A. felis Sohn, Han, & Chai, 2003. Surveys on coastal areas to detect further human cases infected with A. felis are required.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.163-170
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• 1994

1991년 11월파 12월에 전남 해남군 해남읍 시장에서 구입한 전어(30마리). 농어(20 마리). 숭어(30마리). 문절망둑(30마리) 등에서 이형흡충류 피낭유충 감염상을 알아보고자 하였다. 전어에서는 조사한 30마리 중 20마리(66.7%)에서 긴이형흡충(Hetenphyopsis coninua)의 피낭유충이 총 53개가 검출되었다. 농어에서는 조사한 20마리 중 19마리(95.0%)에서 긴이형흡충 피낭유충이 총 327개(감염 어체 당 평균 17.2개)가 검출되었다. 숭어에서는 조사한 30마리 중 11 마리(36.7%)에서 유해이형흡충(Hetenphyes nocens)의 피낭유충이 총 567개(감염 어체당 평균 51.5개)가 검출되었고. 10마리(33.3%)에서 표주박이형흡충(Fygidiopsis summa)과 자루이형흡충 (Stictodora fuscatum)의 피낭유충이 각각 31개 및 349개가 검출되었다 문절망둑에서는 조사한 30마리 중 3마리에서 유해이형흡충의 피낭유충이 총 96개가 검출되었고, 8마리(26.7%)에서 긴이형흡충의 피낭유충이 총 101개(감염어체당 평균 12.6개)가 검출되었으며 3마리에서 자루이형흡충의 피낭유충이 9개가 검출되었다. 이상과 같이 전남 해남군산 반염수어들이 이형흡충류 피낭유충에 농후히 감염되어 있음을 확인하였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2010

Infection status of intestinal flukes was investigated in residents of Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, the Republic of Korea. Total 1,257 fecal samples of residents were examined by formalin-ether sedimentation technique and Kato-Katz thick smear method. Helminth eggs were detected from 95 (7.6%) residents, and eggs of heterophyid flukes and Clonorchis sinensis were found from 62 (4.9%) and 40 (3.2%) cases, respectively. The larger heterophyid eggs, somewhat darkbrown in color and $37.7{\times}21.5{\mu}m$ in average size, and found in 32 (2.6%) out of 62 egg positive cases of heterophyid flukes. To confirm the adult flukes, we performed worm recovery from 12 cases after praziquantel treatment and purgation with $MgSO_4$. A total of 1,281 adult flukes, assigned to 7 species, were recovered from 9 cooperative cases. Heterophyes nocens (total 981 specimens) was collected from 9 cases, Stictodora fuscata (80) from 7, Gymnophalloides seoi (75) from 5, Pygidiopsis summa (140) from 3, Stellantchasmus falcatus (3) from 2, and Stictodora lari and Acanthotrema felis (each 1 worm) from 1 case each. The intrauterine eggs of S. fuscata collected from the recovered worm were identical with the larger heterophyid eggs detected in the stool examination. By the present study, it was confirmed that A. felis is a new intestinal fluke infecting humans, and residents in Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do are infected with variable species of intestinal trematodes.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2001

The present study was performed to investigate the infection status of heterophyid fluke metacercariae in mullets and gobies collected from some coastal areas of cholla-do. The collected fishes were transferred to the laboratory, artificially digested with pepsin-HCI solution and examined under a stereomicroscope. In 70 mullets examined, the metacercariae of Heterophyes nocens (in 28.6% of fish), Heterophyopsis continua (in 2.9%), Pygidiopsis summa (in 32.9%) and Stictodora spp. (in 14.3%) were detected. The metacercariae of H nocens were detected in mullets from Shinan-gun (in 60.0% of fish), Muan-gun (in 54.4%), Hampyong-gun (in 25.0%) and Yonggwang-gun (in 16.7%). The average metacercarial density per infected fish were 7.6,34, 10 and 5 in each areas. A total of 7 metacercariae of H. continua was detected in only 2 mullets from Hampyong-gun. The metacercariae of p. summa were detected in mullets from Haenam-gun (in 80.0% offish), Muan-gun (in 27.3%), Hampyong-gun (in 16.7%) and Puan-gun (in 100%). The average metacercarial density per infected fish were 350, 14, 5 and 97 in each areas. The metacercariae of Stictodora spp. were detected in mullets from Shinan-gun (in 26.7% offish), Hampyong-gun (in 33.3%) and Puan-gun (in 20.0%). The average metacercarial density per infected fish were 2.8, 18.8 and 2.5 in each areas. In 70 gobies examined, the Metacercariae of H nocens (in 15.7% of fish), H continua (in 47.1%) and Stictodora spp. (in 48.6%) were detected. The metacercariae of H. nocens were detected in gobies from Shinan-gun (in 50.0% of fish) and Yonggwang-gun (in 10.0%). The average metacercarial density per infected fish were 71 and 2 in each areas. The metacercariae of H. continua were detected in gobies from Shinan-gun (in 65.0% of fish), Hampyong-gun (in 70.0%) and Yonggwang-gun (in 60.0%). The average metacercarial density per infected fish were 5.7,6.6 and 3.2 in each areas. The metacercariae of Stictodora spp. were detected in gobies from Shinan-gun (in 80.0% offish), Hampyong-gun (in 70.0%) and Puan-gun (in 40.0%). The average metacercarial density per infected fish were 149,203 and 5.5 in each areas. From the above results, it was confirmed that the mullet and goby from some coastal areas of cholla-do are infected with numerous metacercariae of heterophyid trematodes.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제59권6호
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• pp.645-649
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• 2021

Total 513 heterophyid flukes were collected from a carcass of wild Korean raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis, in Korea. With morphological and molecular characteristics, the flukes were identified to Cryptocotyle lata. The adult C. lata were minute, transparent, pentagonal, 522 ㎛ long by 425 ㎛ wide. Ceca extended into post-testicular region. Ventrogenital sac elliptical, 79 ㎛ by 87 ㎛ with genital pore and ventral sucker. Two testes semielliptical and slightly lobed, located in the posterior region, right testis 173 ㎛ by 155 ㎛, left testis 130 ㎛ by 134 ㎛. In a phylogenetic tree, the fluke specimen of this study was grouped with C. lata divergent from Cryptocotyle lingua. We report here N. procyonoides koreensis first as a natural definitive host of C. lata.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 1984

이형흡충류의 하나인 Stellantchasmus falcatu에 의한 인체기생 2례가 praziquantel투약후 성충을 수집함으로써 화인되었다. 환자는 서울에 거주하는 24세 (제 1례) 및 55세 (제 2례) 남여로 제 1페는 설사, 복통 등 소화기증상과 불정맥(arrhythmia) 등 심식증상을 호소하면서 대편내에 광절렬류조충란이 양성이었고 제 2례는 소화불량과 조충류 편절 배출을 호소하였다. 조충감염 치료를 위해 praziquantel 15∼20mg/kg를 투여하고 MgSO4 30g으로 충체배출을 유도한 바 배출된 조충을 각각 확인하였다. 그러나 나머지 설사편을 입체해부현미경으로 세밀히 조사한 결과 제 1례에서는 188마리의 S. falcatus와 다른 3종의 이형흡충류가, 제 2례에서는 5마리의 S. falcatus가 수집되었다. 환자들은 숭어(Mugil cephalus) 등 반염수9을 회로 먹었다고 하며 이들이 감염원일 것으로 추측되었다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.497-502
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• 2016

To know the infection status of zoonotic trematode metacercariae in brackish water fish, we surveyed mullets collected from 18 coastal areas in the Republic of Korea. The metacercariae of Pygidiopsis summa were detected in 236 (68.2%) out of 346 mullets examined. They were found in mullets from 15 areas except for those from Boseong-gun (Jeollanam-do), Pohang-si, and Uljin-gun (Gyeongsangbuk-do). Especially in mullets from Taean-gun (Chungcheongnam-do) and Geoje-si (Gyeongsangnam-do), their prevalences were 100% and 95.5%, and the average metacercarial density was more than 1,000 per fish. They were also detected in mullets from 3 coastal lakes, Gyeongpoho, Songjiho, and Hwajinpoho, in Gangwon-do, and their average densities were 419, 147, and 672 per infected fish, respectively. The metacercariae of 5 other heterophyid species, including Heterophyes nocens, Heterophyopsis continua, Metagonimus sp., Stictodora fuscata, and Stictodora lari, were found in the mullets examined. The metacercariae of H. nocens were detected in 66.7, 100, 28.6, 81.6, 3.9, 61.5, and 27.3% of mullets from Muan-gun, Shinan-gun, Haenam-gun, Gangjin-gun, and Boseong-gun (Jeollanam-do), Hadong-gun, and Geoje-si (Gyeongsangnam-do), and their metacercarial intensities were 64, 84, 119, 99, 1, 24, and 24 per fish infected, respectively. From the above results, it has been confirmed that P. summa metacercariae are heavily infected in mullets from coastal areas of Korea. It is suggested that residents who frequently consume raw mullet dish can be easily infected with heterophyid flukes.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.155-162
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• 1998

우리 나라 일부 해안 지역의 장내 기생충 감염현황을 파악하기 위해 전북 부안군 주민 153명 및 경남 사천군 주민 138명의 대변을 수집하여 셀로판 후층 도말법 및 포르말린-에테르 침전법을 실 시하였다. 전북 부안군의 기생충 감염률은 21.5% (33/153명)이었으며, 감염 기생충별 양성률은 이형흡충류 17.6%, 간흡충 2.6%, 회충 0.7%, 람블편모충 2.6%, 대장아메바 0.7% 및 작은와 포자충 0.75이었다. 경남 사천군의 기생충 감염률은 39.1% (54/138명)로서 이형흡충류 18.8%, 간흡충 12.3%, 편충 2.2%, 람블편모충 2.2%, 대장아메바 5.0%, 이질아메바 0.7%, 왜소아메바 3.6% 및 작은와포자충 4.3%의 양성률을 보였다. 부안군에서 이형흡충란 양성자 22 명으로부터 회수한 충체는 유해이형흡충이 총 3,284마리 (평균 149.3마리)였으며 표주박이형흡 충, 수세미이형홉충, 요코가와흡충, 미야타흡충, 자루이형흡충, 참굴큰입흡충, 긴이형흡충 및 Aconthopowphium kurogamo등이 중복 감염되어 있었다. 사천군에서 이형흡충란 양성자 중 6명으로부터 회수한 충체는 요코가와흡충이 총 3,007마리 (평균 501.2마리)였으며 유해이형흡충, 수 세미이형흡충, 긴이형흡충, 갈매기이형흡충 등의 이형흡충류가 중복감염되어 있었다. 이상의 결과로 우리 나라 남해 및 서해안 지역 주민들에서 담수어 또는 반염수어의 생식 습관으로 장내 흡충, 특히 이형흡충류의 유행이 지속되고 있음을 확인하였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.127-132
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• 1988

이형흡충류의 하나인 Stictodora속 흡충 2마리가 구충제 및 하제를 투여한 24세 남자환자의 설 사변에서 검출되었다. 총체는 길이 0.90∼0.98 mm, 폭 0.38 mm로 소형이며 특이한 복흡반-생식만(ventrogenital) 장치가 있고 생식공과 별개인 gonotyl(12∼15개의 미소한 갈고리 보유)을 가지고 있었다. 충체는 형태학적으로 Stictodora fuscatum(Onji and Nishio, 1916)과 매우 비슷하였으나 다수의 충체를 획득할 때까지 확정적인 종 동정은 보류하였다. 환자는 숭어, 농어 등 반염수산 어류를 즐겨 생식한다고 하였다. 이들이 Stirtodora sp.는 물론 따로 보고한 3종류 이형홉충의 감염원이었을 것으로 추측된다. 이 중례는 문헌상 Stictodora속 홉충의 최초 인체기생례에 해당된다.