Lee Hye-Jung, Chung Ok-Sik, Kim Jae-Lip, Lee Seung-Ha, Yoo Young-Bok, Seo Min
Department of Parasitology and Research Center for Mummy, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Korea.
Division of Ecology and Environment, Chungnam Development Institute, Gongju 314-140, Korea.
Korean J Parasitol. 2015 Apr;53(2):233-6. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2015.53.2.233. Epub 2015 Apr 22.
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.
韩国共发生了7起旋毛虫病疫情，主要是由于食用生的野猪（Sus scrofa）肉所致。由于韩国仅对野猪进行过1次血清学调查，本研究旨在通过人工消化和血清学检测，估计江原道杨口郡旋毛虫病流行区野猪和一些啮齿动物物种的旋毛虫病患病率。野猪和啮齿动物的肌肉样本经直接检查和人工消化法均未发现旋毛虫幼虫。然而，血清学检测显示，118份野猪血清样本中有4份（3.4%）对旋毛虫抗原有阳性反应。虽然旋毛虫幼虫的检出未获成功，但首次证实韩国江原道的野猪中维持着旋毛虫的野生动物传播循环。
