Kim Sung-Eon, Choi Ran, Kang Seung-Won, Hyun Changbaig
Dasom Animal Hospital, Busan, Korea.
Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea.
J Parasit Dis. 2017 Sep;41(3):823-825. doi: 10.1007/s12639-017-0896-4. Epub 2017 Feb 16.
This study was designed to investigate the prevalence rate of () infection in household cats in Korea. One hundred household cats and 50 feral cats from nine of the largest cities in Korea were enrolled in this study. The tests performed in this survey was an in-house rapid screen IgG and IgM combo test, faecal PCR test for oocysts, and an ELISA immunoassay for IgG antibodies. There were no household cats positive for infection detected using the in-house IgG and IgM rapid screen combo test, although 6/50 and 0/50 feral cats were positive in IgG and IgM tests, respectively. This initial finding was confirmed by subsequent ELISA test for IgG antibody and PCR for in faeces. Despite the higher prevalence rate of the disease in feral cats in Korea, we did not find any household cats that were either infected or exposed previously to in our study population. Our study indicates that there is minimal risk of transmission from household cats to human in Korea.
本研究旨在调查韩国家猫中（）感染的患病率。来自韩国九个最大城市的100只家猫和50只野猫参与了本研究。本次调查所进行的检测包括内部快速筛查IgG和IgM联合检测、粪便中卵囊的PCR检测以及IgG抗体的ELISA免疫测定。使用内部IgG和IgM快速筛查联合检测未检测到家猫感染呈阳性，尽管分别有6/50和0/50的野猫在IgG和IgM检测中呈阳性。这一初步发现通过随后的IgG抗体ELISA检测和粪便中（）的PCR检测得到了证实。尽管韩国野猫中该疾病的患病率较高，但在我们的研究群体中，未发现任何曾感染或接触过（）的家猫。我们的研究表明，在韩国，家猫向人类传播（）的风险极小。
