• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.132-140
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• 2018

목적: 뎅기바이러스 감염 환자 발생은 해외 여행이 증가함에 따라 증가하고 있다. 최근 감염 경험이 없는 사람에게 백신을 접종하면 이후 야생 뎅기바이러스 감염 시 중증 뎅기열 증상을 보일 수 있다고 연구된 바 있다. 따라서, 본 연구는 한국의 다양한 연령군에서 뎅기바이러스에 대한 혈청역학을 연구하였다. 방법: 건강한 영아 98명(2개월-1세), 청소년 152명(13-19세), 성인 90명(20-50세) 및 노인 106명(65세 이상)에서 수집한 혈청 총 446명을 대상으로 하였다. 각 연령군의 뎅기바이러스 immunoglobulin G (IgG) 항체 검사를 ELISA을 통해 측정하였다. 또한 뎅기바이러스 IgG 항체 검사에서 양성 또는 equivocal을 보이는 혈청에 한하여 일본뇌염 바이러스의 IgG 항체를 검사하였다. 결과: 총 446명 검체 중, 청소년군에서 1명(0.2%)만 뎅기바이러스 항체 검사에서 양성으로 나왔다. Equivocal은 14명(3.1%)으로, 청소년군 10명과 노인군 4명이 해당하였다. 뎅기바이러스 IgG 양성이 나온 1명에서 일본뇌염 바이러스 또한 IgG 양성으로 나왔다. 뎅기바이러스 IgG equivocal이 나온 14명에서는 일본뇌염 바이러스 IgG 양성이 6명, equivocal이 3명이었고 음성은 5명이었다. 결론: 한국인에서 뎅기바이러스에 대한 항체 보유율은 매우 낮았다. 본 연구는 향후 뎅기열 예방을 위한 보건 정책 수립에 중요한 자료가 될 수 있을 것이며 향후 지속적인 혈청면역 평가도 필요할 것이다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.607-611
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• 2017

Primary maternal infection with toxoplasmosis during pregnancy is frequently associated with transplacental transmission of the parasite to the fetus. This study was conducted to test the utility of PCR assay to detect recent infections with Toxoplasma in aborted women at various gestational ages who referred to Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Alavi Hospital in Ardabil during 2014 and 2016. Two hundred women with a history of single or repeated abortion were investigated in this study. Blood samples were tested for specific anti-Toxoplasma IgM and IgG antibodies by ELISA. According to the results, 53.5% of the women under study were positive for anti-Toxoplasma antibodies: 4.0% of them had IgM, 43.0% had IgG, and 6.5% had both IgM and IgG. Subsequently, Nested-PCR analysis was used to detect T. gondii DNA in the placenta of subjects. In 10.5% of the women, the results were positive for 529 bp element of T. gondii. Among them, 5 (23.8%) cases were IgM positive, 1 (4.8%) case was IgG positive, and 11 (52.4%) were both IgM and IgG positive. In 4 (19.0%) patients, none of the antibodies were found to be positive. In total, 16 patients had positive results in both ELISA and PCR methods, and 174 cases had negative results for new infection. The findings of this study revealed that T. gondii might be one of the significant factors leading to abortion, and that the analysis of placenta can be important in order to achieve increased detection sensitivity.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2009

The seroprevalence of cryptosporidiosis was examined using patients' sera collected from hospitals located in 4 different areas of the Republic of Korea. ELISA was used to measure antibody titers against Cryptosporidium parvum antigens from a total of 2,394 serum samples, which were collected randomly from patients in local hospitals; 1)Chungbuk National University Hospital, 2) Konkuk University Hospital, 3) local hospitals in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do (province), 4) Jeonnam National University Hospital, from 2002 through 2003. Of the2,394 samples assayed, 34%, 26%, and 56% were positive for C. parvum-specific IgG, IgM, and IgA antibodies, respectively, Positive IgG titers were most common in sera from Jeonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, and positive IgM titers were most common in sera from Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Chuncheonqbuk-do. The seropositivity was positively correlated with age for both the IgG and IgA antibodies but was negatively correlated with age for the IgM antibodies. Western blotting revealed that 92%, 83%, and 77% of sera positive for IgG, IgM, and IgA ELISA reacted with 27-kDa antigens, respectively. These results suggested that infection with Cryptosporidium in hospital patients occurs more commonly than previously reported in the Republic of Korea.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2000

Since $Hantavax^{TM}$, formalin inactivated Hantaan virus vaccine (10,240 ELISA units/ml), has been developed in 1990 to prevent against haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by Hantaan or Seoul virus, it has been commercially available in Korea. Twenty-one healthy people were booster shot once and twice after primary basic vaccination with $Hantavax^{TM}$. Seroconversion rates were measured by immunofluorescent antibody technique (IFAT), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), high density composite particle agglutination (HDPA), and plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT). Seroconversion rates of 21 vaccinees at one year after primary basic vaccination were 52.3%, 95.2%, 0.0%, 47.6%, and 28.6%, and 13 vaccinees at one month after 1st booster vaccination were 100%, 100%, 30.7%, 100% and 100% by IFAT, ELISA (IgG, IgM), HDPA and PRNT, respectively. Seroconversion rates declined slightly by twenty months, and they were 84.6%, 92.3%, 0.0%, 84.6% and 69.2% by IFAT, ELISA (IgG, IgM), HDPA and PRNT, respectively. Seroconversion rates of 9 vaccinees at three months after 2nd booster vaccination were 100%, 100%, 0.0%, 100%, and 88.9%, and 16 vaccinees at one year after the 2nd booster vaccination were 87.5%, 93.8%, 0.0%, 87.5% and 81.3% by IFAT, ELISA (IgG, IgM), HDPA and PRNT, respectively. Based on the above result $Hantavax^{TM}$ has proved a vigorous anamnestic response after the 1st and the 2nd booster vaccination and has persisted higher fluorescence, agglutination and neutralizing antibody titers in vaccinees.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.85-90
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• 2012

Purpose: Commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits have been considered less reliable for children than for adults. The aim of this study was to compare four ELISA kits and in-house immunoblotting based on the analysis of anti-H. pylori-IgG antibody reactivity. Methods: A total of 399 serum samples were collected at the GNU Hospital during 1998-1999. All sera were tested using ELISA and immunoblotting. Statistically significant differences were determined by the $x^2$ test. Results: The overall seropositivity rates using GAP IgG, Genedia IgG, HM-CAP, Pyloriset EIA-G, and immunoblotting were 13.0%, 25.1%, 18.3%, 15.8%, and 62.9%, respectively. Immunoblotting showed a higher seropositivity rate than did all four ELISA kits in all age groups. Genedia IgG had the highest seropositivity among the ELISA kits. The seropositivity rate for children aged 13 to 18 months was lowest, and that of children aged 15 years was highest (90.0%). The seropositivity rate for children aged 7 months to 5 years was significantly lower than that for children aged 6 to 15 years among the four ELISA kits (p<0.0001) and immunoblotting (p=0.02). Conclusion: Immunoblotting is the most sensitive test for detection of anti-Helicobacter pylori IgG antibodies among the serological tests in this study. These results emphasize the need for standardization when commercial ELISA tests are used in different nations or in young age groups. Immunoblotting could be a suitable noninvasive assay for serodiagnosis and seroepidemiologic study of H. pylori infection in Korean children.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.281-283
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• 2016

The Cholangiocarcinoma is a. The risk of development of cholangiocarcinoma, generally a rare type of a liver tumor, increases during infection of Opisthorchiasis. For this reason the timely detection of Opisthorchiasis is important for Cholangiocarcinoma prevention. There are many studies which concern the detection of pathogenesis of Opisthorchis viverrini infection but a little known about Opisthorchis felineus. In this study we investigate a correlation of the eggs which are found in a faeces and are comparable with a serum Ig G and Ig M antibody level that were detected with ELISA test in a large group of patients. The result is showing positive correlation between evidence of the Opisthorchis felineus eggs that were found in a faeces and antibody Ig G and Ig M level in a serum. Moreover the combination of two methods can improve the Opisthorchiasis diagnostic: the serum antibody and faeces investigation of eggs.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제59권6호
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• pp.565-572
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• 2021

Toxoplasma gondii ME49 infections are typically diagnosed by serological tests. However, serological diagnosis of RH strain-induced toxoplasmosis remains unknown. In order to develop seradiagnosis of above 2 kinds of infections, we generated recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) displaying the T. gondii rhoptry protein 4 (ROP4) and evaluated their potential in T. gondii ME49 or RH strain infection diagnostics. Mice were orally infected with either the tachyzoites of T. gondii (RH) or cysts of T. gondii (ME49) at various dosages, and sera were collected at regular intervals. ELISA-based serological tests were performed to assess IgG, IgM, and IgA antibody responses against ROP4 VLP antigen and tissue lysate antigen (TLA). Compared to TLA, IgG, IgM, and IgA levels to ROP4 VLP antigen were significantly higher in the sera of T. gondii RH-infected mice 1 and 2 week post-infection (PI). T. gondii-specific IgG antibody was detected at 1, 2, 4, and 8 week PI in the T. gondii ME49-infected mice with infection dose-dependent manner. These results indicated that the ROP4 VLP antigen was highly sensitive antigens detecting T. gondii RH and ME49 antibodies at an early stage.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.387-391
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• 1986

장티푸스가 의심되는 51명의 환자 혈청내에서 Salmonella typhi의 균체항원에 대한 IgG, IgM과 IgA 항체률 효소면역측정법으로 측정하였다. 균체항원에 대한 IgG와 IgA 항체가는 세균이 분리되어 장티푸스로 확진된 환자에서 건강대조군보다 높았다. 반면 세균을 분리하지는 못하였지만 임상증상 등으로 장티프스를 의심하는 환자에서는 IgM항체가는 건강대조군보다 높았다. 균체항원에 대한 항체를 효소면역 측정법으로 측정하는 것이 Widal 검사보다 민감도가 높았다. 장티푸스를 진단하는데 균체항원을 부착시켜 효소면역측정법을 사용하는 것이 유용할 것이다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.147-153
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• 1999

본 연구는 흰쥐에 호르텐스극구흡충 피낭유충을 흰쥐에게 실험적으로 감염시켜 감염기간에 따른 항체 생산 유무를 규명하였다. 감염 흰쥐의 혈청을 기간별로 채취하여 IgG및 IgM 항체가를 ELISA 법으로 측정하였으며, 또한 이의 진단적 이용가치를 평가하고 이들에 대한 상관성을 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 즉, 기간별 특이 IgG 항체가는 0.13$\pm$0.014 (mean$\pm$S.D.)에서 0.4803$\pm$0.073까지의 분포를 보였으며 감염 제 28일에 최고치 (0.4803$\pm$0.073)를 보였다 (p<0.05). 호르텐스극구흡충에 감염된 백서를 통해 매주 얻은 특이 IgM 항체가는 0.16$\pm$0.034 (mean$\pm$S.D.)에서 0.4093$\pm$0.084까지의 분포를 보였으며 감염 제 7일에 증가하여 감염 제 14일에 최고치 (0.4093$\pm$0.084)를 보였다(p<0.05). 이상의 결과를 종합할 때 호르텐스극구흡충 감염시 흰쥐 혈청의 IgM은 감염 초기에 급속한 증가를 보였으나 IgG는 감염 이후 계속 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.205-210
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• 1986

Serological investigations for the leptospirosis on hospitalized patients in Choonchun Sungsim Hospital during the periods from August to November 1985 and 841 inhabitants of Kangwondo area including Choonchun, Choonsung, Inje, Chulwon, Hwachun, Gosung, Taibaik, Samchuk and Yangju area were carried out. 1. Among 58 hospitalized patients who were suspected as leptospirosis, 10 patients were detected to have antibody against Leptospira. All of positive sera had the highest antibody titer against serogroup Icterohemorrhagiae and most positive sera were also reactive to serogroup Australis and Canicola. Antibody titer of positive sera detected by microscopic agglutination(MA) test were ranging from 1 : 40 to 1 : 2,560. Antibody titer detected by ELISA method were higher than those detected by MAT(ELISA 1 : 400$\sim$1 : 25,600) and IgM titer of positive sera were generally higher than IgG titer. 2, Of 841 inhabitants in 8 area of Kangwondo, 17 persons (2,02%) possessing antibody against Leptospira were detected by ELISA method, IgG titer in positive sera were generally higher than IgM titer. Persons possessing antibody to Leptospira were distributed in both sex and in various age group, and no significant regional and occupational fluctuations were obserbed.