Kang Seung Won, Doan Huong Thi Thanh, Noh Jin Hyeong, Choe Se Eun, Yoo Mi Sun, Kim Young Ha, Reddy Kondreddy Eswar, Nguyen Thuy Thi Dieu, Van Quyen Dong, Nguyen Lien Thi Kim, Kweon Chang Hee, Jung Suk Chan
Parasitology and Insect Disease Research Laboratory, Animal and Plant Quarantine, Agency, 480 Anyang 6 dong, Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea.
Parasitol Int. 2013 Dec;62(6):583-5. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2013.08.015. Epub 2013 Sep 6.
Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spiralis are important zoonotic pathogens with worldwide distributions. In Korea, several outbreaks of human toxoplasmosis and trichinellosis due to the consumption of infected wild animals have been reported. The purpose of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of T. gondii and T. spiralis infections in wild boars killed in Korea from December 2009 to October 2011. A total of 521 wild boars hunted in eight provinces were examined for antibodies to T. gondii and T. spiralis by using commercial ELISA kits. Overall, 25.1% of serum samples from individual boars were seropositive for T. gondii and 1.7% were seropositive for T. spiralis. Seropositive for T. gondii was found in the boars in all the eight provinces investigated and for T. spiralis in four provinces. This is the first report on the seroprevalence of T. gondii and T. spiralis infections in wild boars in Korea. The consumption of undercooked wild boar meat may expose humans to a high risk of infection.
刚地弓形虫和旋毛虫是分布于全球的重要人畜共患病原体。在韩国，已有因食用受感染野生动物而导致人类弓形虫病和旋毛虫病多次暴发的报道。本研究的目的是确定2009年12月至2011年10月在韩国捕杀的野猪中刚地弓形虫和旋毛虫感染的血清阳性率。使用商用ELISA试剂盒对在八个省份捕获的总共521头野猪进行了刚地弓形虫和旋毛虫抗体检测。总体而言，个体野猪血清样本中25.1%刚地弓形虫血清阳性，1.7%旋毛虫血清阳性。在所调查的八个省份的野猪中均发现了刚地弓形虫血清阳性，四个省份的野猪中发现了旋毛虫血清阳性。这是关于韩国野猪中刚地弓形虫和旋毛虫感染血清阳性率的首次报告。食用未煮熟的野猪肉可能使人类面临高感染风险。
