Choe Seongjun, Lee Dongmin, Park Hansol, Jeon Hyeong-Kyu, Lee Youngsun, Na Ki-Jeong, Lee In-Yong, Eom Keeseon S
Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute and Parasite Resource Bank, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea.
The Wildlife Center of Chungbuk, Cheongju 28116, Korea.
Korean J Parasitol. 2016 Aug;54(4):509-18. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2016.54.4.509. Epub 2016 Aug 31.
Parasites are recorded from the red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, from Cheongju, the Republic of Korea. A total of 5 road-killed squirrels were thoroughly examined for internal and external parasites from November 2011 to May 2014. Total 4 parasite species, including 1 tapeworm and 3 ectoparasite species were recovered. They were morphologically identified as Catenotaenia dendritica (Cestoda: Catenotaeniidae), Hirstionyssus sciurinus, Leptotrombidium pallidum, and Ceratophyllus (Monopsyllus) indages. Among them, C. dendritica and H. sciurinus are recorded for the first time in the Korean parasite fauna. In addition, the possibility that the red squirrel could act as a reservoir host for a zoonotic disease like tsutsugamushi disease with L. pallidum as its vector has been raised.
在韩国清州的欧亚红松鼠(Sciurus vulgaris)身上发现了寄生虫。2011年11月至2014年5月期间,共对5只因道路交通事故死亡的松鼠进行了全面检查,以查找其体内和体外的寄生虫。总共发现了4种寄生虫,包括1种绦虫和3种外寄生虫。它们在形态上被鉴定为树状链带绦虫(Catenotaenia dendritica,绦虫纲:链带绦虫科)、松鼠赫刺螨(Hirstionyssus sciurinus)、苍白纤恙螨(Leptotrombidium pallidum)和印度角叶蚤(Ceratophyllus (Monopsyllus) indages)。其中,树状链带绦虫和松鼠赫刺螨在韩国寄生虫区系中首次被记录。此外,还提出了欧亚红松鼠可能作为恙虫病等人畜共患病的储存宿主的可能性,苍白纤恙螨为其传播媒介。