Chung Young-Bae, Bae Jong-Myon
Department of Parasitology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
Department of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
Epidemiol Health. 2017 Jan 30;39:e2017004. doi: 10.4178/epih.e2017004. eCollection 2017.
After publishing results of a study that revealed diarrheagenic and emetic activity in 4-5-day old mice infected with () spores, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 11 events of " food poisoning" in 2015. The epidemiological design of the previous study was descriptive rather than analytical; therefore, this study aimed to further investigate the pathogenicity of . Academic articles showing evidence of the pathogenicity of were searched via PubMed using the citation discovery tool. Information regarding the kinds of experimental animals and inoculum spores used, as well as study results were extracted. Four articles evaluating the pathogenicity of Myxospran parasites were selected; the first article suggested the pathogenicity of , while the remaining three articles reported no abnormal symptoms or histopathologic changes. Our findings indicate that there is weak evidence supporting the pathogenicity of . Further studies evaluating the pathogenicity of are needed urgently.
在发表了一项研究结果,该结果揭示了感染()孢子的4至5日龄小鼠出现腹泻和呕吐活性后,韩国疾病控制与预防中心报告了2015年发生的11起“食物中毒”事件。先前研究的流行病学设计是描述性的而非分析性的;因此,本研究旨在进一步调查()的致病性。利用文献检索工具通过PubMed搜索显示()致病性证据的学术文章。提取了有关所用实验动物种类、接种孢子以及研究结果的信息。选择了四篇评估黏液孢子虫寄生虫致病性的文章;第一篇文章表明了()的致病性,而其余三篇文章报告没有异常症状或组织病理学变化。我们的研究结果表明,支持()致病性的证据薄弱。迫切需要进一步研究评估()的致病性。