Serological and Molecular Detection of Toxoplasma gondii and Babesia microti in the Blood of Rescued Wild Animals in Gangwon-do (Province), Korea
| Autor: | Jong-Tak Kim, Sung-Hee Hong, Hee-Jong Kim, Won-Ja Lee, Shin-Hyeong Cho, Sang-Eun Lee, Young-Il Jeong |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Veterinary medicine Badger animal diseases 030231 tropical medicine Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies Protozoan Animals Wild Brief Communication Babesia microti Polymerase Chain Reaction Serology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Blood serum Wild boar blood Tubulin biology.animal parasitic diseases Republic of Korea medicine Prevalence RNA Ribosomal 18S Animals Phylogeny Disease Reservoirs Korea biology zoonotic pathogen Babesiosis Raccoon Dogs 030108 mycology & parasitology medicine.disease biology.organism_classification wild animal Roe deer Infectious Diseases Toxoplasmosis Animal Parasitology Toxoplasma |
| Zdroj: | The Korean Journal of Parasitology |
| ISSN: | 1738-0006 0023-4001 |
| Popis: | Infections of Toxoplasma gondii and Babesia microti are reported in many wild animals worldwide, but information on their incidence and molecular detection in Korean wild fields is limited. In this study, the prevalence of T. gondii and B. microti infection in blood samples of 5 animal species (37 Chinese water deer, 23 raccoon dogs, 6 roe deer, 1 wild boar, and 3 Eurasian badgers) was examined during 2008-2009 in Gangwon-do (Province), the Republic of Korea (=Korea) by using serological and molecular tests. The overall seropositivity of T. gondii was 8.6% (6/70); 10.8% in Chinese water deer, 4.3% in raccoon dogs, and 16.7% in roe deer. PCR revealed only 1 case of T. gondii infection in Chinese water deer, and phylogenic analysis showed that the positive isolate was practically identical to the highly pathogenetic strain type I. In B. microti PCR, the positive rate was 5.7% (4/70), including 2 Chinese water deer and 2 Eurasian badgers. Phylogenetic analysis results of 18S rRNA and the β-tubulin gene showed that all positive isolates were US-type B. microti. To our knowledge, this is the first report of B. microti detected in Chinese water deer and Eurasian badger from Korea. These results indicate a potentially high prevalence of T. gondii and B. microti in wild animals of Gangwon-do, Korea. Furthermore, Chinese water deer might act as a reservoir for parasite infections of domestic animals. |
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