• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.293-310
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• 1991

우리 나라의 중요한 인체 기생충인 간흡충(Cloncrchis sinensis)을 연구함에 있어, 단세포를 항체제조법을 이용하여 보았다. 간흡충의 성충 조(조)항원으로 면역한 마우스의 비장 림프구와 형질세포종(plasmacytoma) 세포를 융합하여 간흡충의 항원에 대한 단세포를 항체를 분비하는 융합 세포를 만들어, 간흡충 항원에 대한 특이 단세포군 항체를 얻은 후, 이의 특성 및 반응하는 항원의 특성을 분석하고, 아울러 ELISA 억제 검사법을 이용하여 면역 진단법 상 특이도의 개선을 모색하였다 그 결과, 간흡충 항원에 대한 항체를 분비하는 총 29개의 융합세포군을 확인하였는데, 이 중 8개는 다른 기생 충 항원에 대해 교차 반응을 나타내지 않는 높은 특이성을 지니고 있었다. 클로닝 후 선택된 6종류의 단세포군 항체는 Ig Gl이 넷이었고, 나머지는 Is G2b 및 Is A로 나타났다. 위와 같이 선택된 단세포를 항체 중 4개만이 자연 감염 시에도 표현되는 항원 결정기에 대하여 생성된 것으로 판단되었다. 효소 면역 전기영동 블로팅으로 분자량 l0KD, 34 KD 항원은 각각 CsHyb 0714-20 및 CsHyb 0605-10단세포군 항체와 항원항체 반응을 나타냄을 확인하였다. 간접형광항체법을 이용하여 카 항원 결정기의 충체 내 위치를 관찰한 결과, CsHyb 0714-20 단세포를 항체에 대한 항원은 충체의 표면 및 실질 대부분에 분포하였으며, CsHyb 0605-10 및 CsHyb 0714-25 단세포군 항체에 대한 항원은 충체의 실질 및 장관의 상피세포에 분포하고 있었다. 한편 CsHyb 0605-23 단세포군 항체에 대한 항원은 주로 자궁내 충란 주위에 많이 분포하고 있었다. 단세포군 항체와 반응하는 Sephadex G200 겔 여과 항원 분획을 검색한 결과, 검색한 항원 결정기는 모두 전반적으로 빨리 젤 여과를 통하여 나온 분회에 속하여 있는 것을 알 수 있었다. 한편 이 단세포군 항체를 인체 간흡충증의 진단에 응용하여 그 특이도를 개선하고자 하였다. 통상적인 방법의 ELISA로 시행한 항체가로는 간흡충 감염자의 75U가 양성 병위에 들었으며, 정상 대조군의 7.l%, 폐흡충 감염 자의 37.5%가 위 양성 반응을 보였다. 반면 CsHyb 0605-23 단세포군 항체를 함께 사용하여 ELISA억제 검사를 시행한 결과는 간흡충 감염자의 77.1%가 양성으로 판정되었으며, 정상 대조군 및 폐흡충 감염자에서는 양성 반 응을 찾아 볼 수 없어서 100%의 특이도를 나타내었다. 따라서 이러한 단세포군 항체를 이용한 ELISA 억제검사 는 통상적인 ELISA 검사에 비하여 같은 정도의 민감도를 유지하면서도 매우 높은 특이도를 가지는 것으로 판단되었다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.37-39
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• 2000

Many Koreans usually eat raw pond smelts, Hypomesus olidus, in the winter. This study was performed to evaluate the infection status with trematode metacercariae in pond smelts from January 1998 through February 1999. Among 1,305 fish collected, 459 were purchased from wholesale dealers in Chinchon-gun, Chungchongbuk-do, and the rest of them were caught with a casting net in Soyangho (Lake), Taehoman (Bay) and Paekkokchosuchi(Pond). Seven species of trematode metacercariae including two unidentified ones were detected from 1,305 pond smelts. The number of detected trematode metacercariae according to the species are as follow: Clonorchis sinensis 8, Holostephanus nipponicus 7, Cyathocotvle orientalis 24, DipLostomum sp. 14, and Metorchis orientalis 7. From the above results, it was confirmed that H. olidus plays a role as the second intermediate host of some kinds of trematode including C. sinensis in Korea. Our report shows possible clonorchiasis caused by eating raw pond smelts.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.279-282
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• 1996

간흡충 특이 단세포군항체인 CsHyb 0605-23과 반응하는 간흡충 항원의 특성을 밝히기 위하여 간흡충의 성충 조항원을 당지질 당질 단백으로 각각 분리한 후 각각 항원으로 사용하여 단세포 군항체와 효소떤역흡착검사법을 실시하였다. 그 결과. 오직 당질분획만이 단세포군항체와 반응하였다. 당질항원을 sodiumperiodate를 사용하여 약하게 산화시키자 단세포군항체와의 반응도가 떨어졌다. 따라서 이 단세포군항체에 반응하는 간흡충의 항원 및 항원결정기는 당질로 생각된다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 1991

1989년 1월부터 1990년 2월까지 2년간 건강진단을 목적으로 본병원의 성인병예방센타를 방문했던 경상남북도 거주자 5,978명중 간흡충증 환자 528명을 대상으로 하여 낙동강유역 거주자와 나머지 지역 거주자의 감염율을 비교하였고, 같은 기간동안 본병원의 외래 또는 입원환자 중 간흡충증으로 진단된 206명의 복부초음파 소견을 분석하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 낙동강유역 거주자의 감염율이 나머지 지역 거주자에서 보다 3.8배 높았으며, 남녀의 비가 2 : 1이었고, 30세에서 59세 사이가 86%를 차지하였다. 2) 간내담관의 미만성 확장 및 여러정도의 간내담관벽의 에코증가와 아울러 담낭내의 떠다니는 뚜렷한 에코소견들이 간흡충증의 특징적 초음파 소견이며, 이중 간내담관의 확장으로 인한 parallel channel sign은 활동성 감염증이거나 또는 후유증일 수 있지만 담낭내에 떠도는 에코소견은 활동성 감염증을 나타내는 소견이다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.61-66
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• 1982

An epidemiological survey on 136 inhabitants of a Gum-River basin, Hyunbook-ri, Puyo-up, Puyo county, South ChoongCheong-Do, conducted from July 22, 1981 to July 25, 1981 with the purpose of studying Clonorchiasis, revealed the results as follows, 1. Positive skin reaction (wheal size larger than $60mm^2$) rate was 42% (55 positive reactors among the 131 studied), and the positive rates were all high at the age groups over twenty, while low at the below twenty. 2. In the stool examination, the employed cellophane thick smear method revealed the results as follows, overall infection rate of helminth: 65% (55 infected among 84 studied) - C. sinensis 33% (28/84), A. lumbricoides 5% (4/84), Taenia Sp 7% (6/84), T. trichiurus 32% (27/84). 3. The prevalence rate of C. sincrisis was highest in 40 - 49 year-old group by age: male 39% (11 infected/ 28 studied) female 14% (3/28), and not a single case was found in the lower age groups than twenty including school children.

• 한국건강관리협회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2003

The current status and future prospects of parasitic infections in Korea is briefly reviewed. Soil-transmitted helminth infections including ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm infections decreased remarkably. owing to the national control activities excuted by the Korea Association of Health Promotion(formerly Korea Association of parasite Eradication) using mass heath education. Important recent trends include reemergence of vivax malaria since 1993, persistence of food-borne trematode infections including clonorchiasis and intestinal trematode infections, increased detection of zoonotic parasitosis, close-up of infection with opportunistic parasites including cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, and pneumosytosis, increase of imported tropical infectious disease, appearance of new parasitic disease such as gymnophalloidiasis, and increase of accidental infections with free-living amoebae. These trends represent greatly changed overall patterns of parasitic infections in Korea.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.37-53
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• 1988

The most medically important snail species of Korea is Parafossarulus manchouricus, a member of the freshwater prosobranch family Bithyniidae. The human parasite that this snail transmits is Clonorchis sinensis, the "Chinese live fluke". On the other hand, this snail has physiological characteristics that reduce the turbidity of freshwater by its filiter feeding activity. However, a few basic studies have been carried out so far. The present studies were attempted to know 1) the possibility of culturing the snails and 2) allozyme variations among 5 local populations of this bithyniid snails. As the results of the studies, P. manchouricus was able to be cultivated in the lavoratory and showed considerable allozyme variations especially in the Chongpyung and Paldaing populations out of those collected from 5 localities in Korea. It is quite suggestive that the endemicity of clonorchiasis might be related to the allozyme variability.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.32.1-32.10
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• 2021

Semisulcospira libertina, a species of freshwater snail, is widespread in East Asia. It is important as a food source. Additionally, it is a vector of clonorchiasis, paragonimiasis, metagonimiasis, and other parasites. Although S. libertina has ecological, commercial, and clinical importance, its whole-genome has not been reported yet. Here, we revealed the genome of S. libertina through de novo assembly. We assembled the whole-genome of S. libertina and determined its transcriptome for the first time using Illumina NovaSeq 6000 platform. According to the k-mer analysis, the genome size of S. libertina was estimated to be 3.04 Gb. Using RepeatMasker, a total of 53.68% of repeats were identified in the genome assembly. Genome data of S. libertina reported in this study will be useful for identification and conservation of S. libertina in East Asia.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.10-21
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• 1976

The traditional application of night soil to vegetable gardens and rice paddies results in a most wide spread condition of parasitism, with a variety of helminths found in Korea. In addition to the above fact, the peculiar habit of the consumption of raw vegetables, fish, crustaceans and mammals provides a means of infestations of helminths. During the last sixty years numerous reports were found on the prevalence of helminths amongst the Korean population in different parts of the country, and it was generally recognized that ascariasis, hookworm disease, filariasis, clonorchiasis and paragonimiasis constitute the important helminthic disease in Korea. In practical measures of parasite control activities the main measures are summarized as mass-treatment, night-soil disposal and transmission control. Among the three, the mass-treatment has been commonly applied, however, no reduction of transmission has been obtained by treatment of a population. Therefore, the ultimate eradication of parasites will depend upon the application of comprehensive environmental sanitation measures. The basic environmental measures will be concerned with (a) the safe disposal of human excreta, (b) the provision of adequate and safe water supplies in such a way as to promote a higher standard of personal hygiene in the population, and (c) the prevention of food contamination by faecal material. Additional environmental measures will deal with the improvement of housing and housing hygiene and with general community development. Community development means social and cultural as well as economic development. The control measures on the parasitic endemic diseases, such as clonorchiasis and paragonimiasis are the good examples for community health development in Korea. The control of Clonorchis and Paragonimus infections are theoretically very simple, as the infection can only invade the human body by way of encysted metacercaria which are taken into the body when eating passive intermediate hosts(fishes, crabs and crayfishes). Although prophylactic measures in the case of the infections deal with above merely consist the fishes in cooking or submerging in hot water before eating them, it is exceedingly difficult to carry out such simple measures in face of century old traditions, to which the relatively primitive population clings with great tenacity. There is no one universally applicable method of control. The choice of methods must be dictated by the nature of the environment. the habit and custom of the people. the pattern of transmission and the resources of the country. There must exist a well organized public health infrastructure. Since a control programme is of necessity on a longterm basis and continuity in its implementation is essential. An investigation should be made on the prevalence of the diseases and its relationships to irrigation engineering, freshwater ecology, agricultural methods, hydro-electric schemes, and the development of communities in affected areas. In conclusion, however. the control of clonorchiasis and paragonimiasis in Korea is not an impossible task. A combination of efforts with major emphasis on health education and mass chemotherapy coupled with governmental aid in enforcing legislative public health measures could reduce the diseases. Health education in particular attempts following four things: (a) It supplies a person with enough general knowledge about a disease to make the preventive measures. (b) It makes a person feel sufficiently about the importance of his own health to make him alter his behavior and adopt these preventive measure. (c) It makes him concerned for the health others. (d) It tries to make him feel so strongly about the first three that be supports and even initiates preventive action by the community. Educational efforts should be directed primarily toward school children because it is during the early years that most persons become infected, and also because children are less entrenched in their food habits so that, the educational process should be involved at various levels in successive changes of knowledge, attitude, beha viour, habit and custom of their lives. The most parasitic endemic diseases are related to community diseases. In caring for a sick community. the first stage is to gather epidemiological data, the next is to make inferences from it-to make the community diagnosis. The third is to prescribe community treatment or community health action part of a community health action programme. The community health action is the sum of the steps decided upon to remedy the critical features revealed by the community diagnosis. Action takes various forms; health education is the most important.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2003

잡견의 간흡충증에서 조영기법의 역동적 CT 영상과 MIP 기법을 적용한 자기공명 영상의 질을 비교하여 임상적 적용 가능성을 알아보고자 하였다. 20마리의 잡견(평균 20kg)에 실험적으로 간흡충증을 유발한 후 13주 동안에 간을 중심으로 CT 영상과 MR 영상을 얻었다. CT는 이중나선식방법으로 영상을 획득하였고, bolustracking 방법으로 조영제를 주입하여 arterial phase는 5초 후에 정맥기는 동맥기 scan후 15초에 시작하여 single dynamic scan을 하고, 데이터를 다 단면 영상을 얻기 위해 MnP로 재구성을 하였다. MR 영상은 circularly polarized phased away body coil을 사용하였고, HASTE, FLASH, TSE 기법을 이용하여 모두 2차원 영상을 얻었다. HASTE와 TSE는 해상력을 증가시키기 위하여 interpolation과 지방소거기법을 적용하였다. 데이터를 획득하는 방식으로는 담관을 중심으로 3방향으로 수집한 다음 최대강도투사법으로 재구성하였다. CT와 MR 영상의 평가 방법으로서는 간내담관의 확장, 동맥기에 담관벽의 조영증강, 담관 말단부의 확장, 간의 실질조직묘사, 배경유무를 기점으로 병리학과 의사 1명과 방사선과 의사 3명, 방사선사 5명이 시각적으로 평가를 하였다. MR 영상의 경우 sequence 비교를 위해 정량적분석방법인 CNR과 CR로 평가를 하였다. 감염 후 5마리의 잡견은 죽었으며, 15마리 잡견에서 CT와 MR 검사에서 간내 담관의 만성 확장을 보여 주었다. 조영증강기법인 CT 영상에서는 간 실질조직을 비롯하여 담관벽의 조영증강이 보였고, MR 영상에서는 간내담관 형태와 담관의 말단부의 확장이 MIP 기법을 이용하여 3차원적으로 관찰되었고, CNR과 CR 값이 HASTE($16{\pm}0.83$, 73.3%), TSE($7.06{\pm}3.0$, 62.3%), FLASH($1.19{\pm}0.2$, 6.4%) 순으로 나타났다. CT와 MR 영상은 짧은 검사기법과 다양한 검사기법을 포함하고 있어 간흡충증을 영상화하는데 있어서 진단적 가치가 있다. CT와 MR 영상 검사의 장 단점을 서로 보안하여 검사를 시행한다면 높은 임상적 적용 가능성이 있다.