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Seroprevalence of Trichinella sp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) from Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea

  • Lee, Hye-Jung (Department of Parasitology and Research Center for Mummy, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Chung, Ok-Sik (Division of Ecology and Environment, Chungnam Development Institute) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Lip (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, and Institute of Infectious Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Seung-Ha (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Yoo, Young-Bok (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Seo, Min (Department of Parasitology and Research Center for Mummy, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
  • Received : 2014.08.19
  • Accepted : 2015.01.21
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

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.

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