Seroprevalence of Trichinella sp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) from Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea.
10.3347/kjp.2015.53.2.233
- Author:
Hye Jung LEE
1
;
Ok Sik CHUNG
;
Jae Lip KIM
;
Seung Ha LEE
;
Young Bok YOO
;
Min SEO
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology and Research Center for Mummy, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea. bbbenji@naver.com
- Publication Type:Brief Communication ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Trichinella;
wild boar;
rodent;
serology;
Korea
- MeSH:
Animals;
Antibodies, Helminth/*blood;
Antigens, Helminth/blood;
Female;
Male;
Republic of Korea/epidemiology;
Seroepidemiologic Studies;
Sus scrofa;
Swine;
Swine Diseases/*blood/diagnosis/epidemiology/parasitology;
Trichinella/classification/genetics/immunology/*isolation & purification
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2015;53(2):233-236
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A total 7 outbreaks of trichinellosis have occurred in Korea, mostly as a result of consumption of raw wild boar (Sus scrofa) meat. Since only 1 serological survey on wild boars had yet been performed in Korea, the present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of trichinellosis in wild boars and some species of rodents by artificial digestion and serological examinations in Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do, the endemic area of trichinellosis. Both the wild boar and rodent muscle samples revealed no Trichinella larvae by direct examination and artificial digestion method. However, serological examinations revealed that 4 wild boar sera samples out of 118 (3.4%) were positive to Trichinella antigen. Although the recovery of Trichinella larvae ended in a failure, it is proved for the first time that the sylvatic cycle of Trichinella has been maintained in wild boars of Gangwon-do, Korea.
