Seroprevalence of Trichinella sp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) from Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea

Autor:	Hye-Jung Lee, Min Seo, Jae-Lip Kim, Ok-Sik Chung, Young-Bok Yoo, Seung-Ha Lee
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	endocrine system Veterinary medicine biology urogenital system fungi Prevalence Trichinella Outbreak Trichinosis biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Artificial digestion Infectious Diseases Wild boar biology.animal parasitic diseases medicine Seroprevalence Parasitology Sylvatic cycle
Zdroj:	The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 53:233-236
ISSN:	1738-0006 0023-4001
DOI:	10.3347/kjp.2015.53.2.233
Popis:	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.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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