• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.124-128
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• 1992

A total of 275 wild hats captured in Korea here examined 011 the possibility that they will harhor and spread the inkctious pathog.cns of Hantaan virus and Rickettsia. They possessed ontihotlies in 3.6'K) blood sera against Hantaan virus by the indirect in~~nunofluoresccnctec hnique and showed relatively high serum titers with a range of 16 to 1014X. whereus 13.7\ulcorner0 of them were positive to Rickettsia. dividing into 3.3% against R. ~.sur,~ugc~rnusllr.Ri.1 k, against R. siht)ric.n tick ~vphus,a nd 4.4% against R. thai tick pphus. respectively. 11 was first confirmed in Korean wild hats that arc infccted with Hantaan virus and Rickettsia agents. and play a role as vector.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.177-180
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• 2002

Gangweon-do is known to be highly endemic area of sparganosis more than other provinces in Korea. A seroepidmiologic examination for the detection of anti-Spirometra erinacei plerocercoid IgG in serum was carried out in normal inhabitants in Hongcheon-gun, Gangweon-do. Sere were tested by enzyme-linked immunosrobent assay (ELISA) for the anti-sparganum antibodies. Positive rate for anti-sparganum antibody in 719 adults was 3.3%. Data of the questionnaire for 24 ELISA positive inhabitants revealed that 20 had a history of eating raw meat of snakes, 24 had a history of eating frogs, and 24 had a history of drinking stream water. Two positive cases had a past history of sparganosis. Two positive cases showed current symptoms of sparganosis. The data revealed that ELISA would be useful to find infected cases among normal inhabitants at sparganosis-endemic areas.