Four Additional Cases of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection Confirmed by Analysis of COX1 Gene in Korea.
10.3347/kjp.2015.53.1.105
- Author:
Sang Hyun PARK
1
;
Hyeong Kyu JEON
;
Jin Bong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon 200-704, Korea. kimjinbong@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense;
Diphyllobothrium latum;
cox1 gene
- MeSH:
Animals;
Base Sequence;
Cluster Analysis;
Diphyllobothriasis/*diagnosis/*parasitology;
Diphyllobothrium/*classification/enzymology/genetics/*isolation & purification;
Electron Transport Complex IV/*genetics;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Molecular Sequence Data;
Phylogeny;
Republic of Korea;
Sequence Analysis, DNA;
Sequence Homology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2015;53(1):105-108
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Most of the diphyllobothriid tapeworms isolated from human samples in the Republic of Korea (= Korea) have been identified as Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense by genetic analysis. This paper reports confirmation of D. nihonkaiense infections in 4 additional human samples obtained between 1995 and 2014, which were analyzed at the Department of Parasitology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea. Analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 1 (cox1) gene revealed a 98.5-99.5% similarity with a reference D. nihonkaiense sequence in GenBank. The present report adds 4 cases of D. nihonkaiense infections to the literature, indicating that the dominant diphyllobothriid tapeworm species in Korea is D. nihonkaiense but not D. latum.
